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. After death hair... | Grows for a month after | 2. The strongest muscle in the body is... | Tongue | 3. It takes ______ for the average person to fall asleep... | 6 minutes | 4. Cows can....... | go up stairs but not down stairs | 5. Why doesn't a duck's quack echo? | No one actually knows | 6. Which animal has a brain smaller than their own eye? | Ostrich | 7. Which animal can clean its ears with its tongue? | Giraffe | 8. The Hawaiian alphabet has _____ letters. | 12 letters | 9. Pearls melt in... | Vinegar | 10. Why would a bird die on a spaceship without gravity? | Can't swallow | 11. Which animal cannot walk backwards? | Emu | 12. What kills more people annually? | Donkeys | 13. Months that begin on a _____________ will always have a "Friday the 13th. | Sunday | 14. In the 1830's Ketchup was sold as... | Medicine | 15. What do butterflies use to taste? | Feet |
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The strongest muscle in the body is...&choe=UTF-8
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It takes ______ for the average person to fall asleep...&choe=UTF-8
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Cows can.......&choe=UTF-8
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Why doesn't a duck's quack echo?&choe=UTF-8
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Which animal has a brain smaller than their own eye? &choe=UTF-8
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Which animal can clean its ears with its tongue?&choe=UTF-8
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The Hawaiian alphabet has _____ letters.&choe=UTF-8
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Pearls melt in...&choe=UTF-8
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Why would a bird die on a spaceship without gravity?&choe=UTF-8
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Which animal cannot walk backwards?&choe=UTF-8
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What kills more people annually? &choe=UTF-8
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Months that begin on a _____________ will always have a "Friday the 13th.&choe=UTF-8
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In the 1830's Ketchup was sold as...&choe=UTF-8
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What do butterflies use to taste? &choe=UTF-8
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