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.
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1. Before the invention of the refrigerator, food was kept fresh using ice or snow. You might think this innovation is just a game, but without this sport, San Antonio would not be the same. To find the answer to this clue, check the place we do situps and pushups, too. | Basketball | 2. Basketball was invented by James Naismith in the late 1800s. The first basketball was actually a soccer ball! This is the room where we sketch and we draw; we can use this invention to add colors to fall. | Crayons | 3. Crayons were invented by two cousins, Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. They have been around since 1903! You would like to find the perfect book about how to cook a stew. You are not quite sure where to look- What would Dewey do? | Dewey Decimal System | 4. Melvil Dewey patented the dewey decimal system in 1876 as a system to help catalog and organize books and literature. In this hall, centers are often found; learning is also play. Students can learn their ABCs with this special clay | Play Doh | 5. Play Doh was not originally meant for playing; it was supposed to help clean wallpaper. In the mid 1950s, though, Noah and Joseph McVicker realized it would be the perfect toy! Find the place where the attendance clerk sits, and you will find this invention that plays all the hits! | Radio | 6. Believe it or not, the telegraph and the telephone both helped in the development of the radio. If you fall outside and scrape your knee, who is the person that you go and see? Visit her and extra quick she will use this great invention to cover your nick. | Band-Aide | 7. Earle Dickinson invented the Band-Aide for his wife in 1921. She was always cutting her fingers when she cooked dinner. When you are hungry and want a bite to eat, this is the place to go. We\'re lucky this invention was made, especially since Texas lacks snow. | Refrigerator |
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