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 a picture of Waverly's first ________. Find 362.1 HOW for a clue. | Hospital | 2. If you lived in Waverly between 1910 and 1954, you could travel from Waverly to Waterloo this way (and then on to Iowa City!). Find 385 BIN for a clue. | Train | 3. What city did Mrs. Mummelthei live near when she was growing up? Find F PEC for a clue. | Chicago | 4. What is Mrs. Steuer's favorite hobby? Find 746.43 THA for a clue. | Knitting | 5. Which children's author wrote "The Jungle Book"? Find E KIP for a clue. | Rudyard Kipling | 6. Which author created the character Artemis Fowl? Find F COL for a clue. | Eoin Colfer |
This is a picture of Waverly's first ________. Find 362.1 HOW for a clue.&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 6)
If you lived in Waverly between 1910 and 1954, you could travel from Waverly to Waterloo this way (and then on to Iowa City!). Find 385 BIN for a clue.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 6)
What city did Mrs. Mummelthei live near when she was growing up? Find F PEC for a clue.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 6)
What is Mrs. Steuer's favorite hobby? Find 746.43 THA for a clue.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 6)
Which children's author wrote "The Jungle Book"? Find E KIP for a clue.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 6)
Which author created the character Artemis Fowl? Find F COL for a clue.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 6)