1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. This is where you learn to play sports and games, and this new teacher has a different name. | gym | 2. So many books from which you can choose, leaving here with a book you never loose. | library | 3. He is in charge of the school so stop on in and say "hi", he might just have a special treat for you as you pass by. | Principal's office | 4. Remember to stack your tray nice and neat, on your birthday these gals give you a treat. | kitchen | 5. Let your creative juices flow, on Wednesdays for specials this is where you go. | art | 6. This is where I go if I plan to have a drink with snack. The calcium helps my bones and gives me some important vitamins back. | milk cooler | 7. Playing a tune or singing a song. We have this specials classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays and it doesn't take long. | music | 8. Back to our room we must go. Mrs. Polzine still has so much she needs to show. | classroom |
This is where you learn to play sports and games, and this new teacher has a different name. &choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 8)
So many books from which you can choose, leaving here with a book you never loose. &choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 8)
He is in charge of the school so stop on in and say "hi", he might just have a special treat for you as you pass by. &choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 8)
Remember to stack your tray nice and neat, on your birthday these gals give you a treat. &choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 8)
Let your creative juices flow, on Wednesdays for specials this is where you go. &choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 8)
This is where I go if I plan to have a drink with snack. The calcium helps my bones and gives me some important vitamins back. &choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 8)
Playing a tune or singing a song. We have this specials classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays and it doesn't take long. &choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 8)
Back to our room we must go. Mrs. Polzine still has so much she needs to show. &choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 8)
