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. Find the classroom rules and read them. There is a QR code there. Scan it to find the next place to go. | 2. Now, find your desk. Look inside to see your binder. There will be a QR code taped to the front. Scan it for the next clue. | find your desk | 3. Find the classroom calendar where the daily announcements, schedule, and menu are. Find the QR code under the menu. | calendar and announcements | 4. You will apply for a new classroom job each term. Find the iHelp wall to see what jobs need to be filled. Which would be your favorite jobs? | iHelp wall | 5. Our current goals, vocabulary words, and objectives can be found on a large bulletin board called the “Focus Wall.” Find the QR code under “Spelling” and scan it. | focus wall | 6. Wrong one! Go back to the last one, read the instructions, and try again! | wrong one! Try again! | 7. There are some green, yellow, and red charts on the cabinet by the teacher desk. This is the chart where you will be able to see your individual progress in fluency, math facts, and writing. Scan the code by the writing chart. | green, yellow, and red charts | 8. You will be able to choose books from our classroom library to read each day when you are finished with Daily Language. We have over 500 books! Which is your favorite genre? Scan the QR code on the genre wall next to the REFERENCE books poster behind the classroom library. | class library | 9. See if you can find a clear box where you would turn in your papers when they are finished. This is the “turn-in box.” Please, always write your name on every paper before putting it in this box! | turn in box | 10. On some days, you will be able to work on activity cards after your other work is finished. Where do you suppose the activity card cart is located? There is a QR code on the side of the cart that you can scan. | activity card cart | 11. Find the bank of computers in our classroom. Our class webpage is up. Have you and your parent(s) watched the back-to-School presentation for our class? If you have not seen it yet, you can get a pair of headphones and watch it now (with your parent)! If you have already seen it, scan the QR code that is on the side of the first computer. | BTS presentation on computers | 12. At the end of the day, you will need to take your papers out of your cubby and place them in your backpack. Find the cubbies. | cubbies | 13. You are finished! Close the iPad and put it back on the table by the first QR code that was framed inside the apple. | put the iPad back on the table |
Find the classroom rules and read them. There is a QR code there. Scan it to find the next place to go.&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 13)
Now, find your desk. Look inside to see your binder. There will be a QR code taped to the front. Scan it for the next clue. &choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 13)
Find the classroom calendar where the daily announcements, schedule, and menu are. Find the QR code under the menu.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 13)
You will apply for a new classroom job each term. Find the iHelp wall to see what jobs need to be filled. Which would be your favorite jobs?&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 13)
Our current goals, vocabulary words, and objectives can be found on a large bulletin board called the “Focus Wall.” Find the QR code under “Spelling” and scan it. &choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 13)
Wrong one! Go back to the last one, read the instructions, and try again!&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 13)
There are some green, yellow, and red charts on the cabinet by the teacher desk. This is the chart where you will be able to see your individual progress in fluency, math facts, and writing. Scan the code by the writing chart.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 13)
You will be able to choose books from our classroom library to read each day when you are finished with Daily Language. We have over 500 books! Which is your favorite genre? Scan the QR code on the genre wall next to the REFERENCE books poster behind the classroom library. &choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 13)
See if you can find a clear box where you would turn in your papers when they are finished. This is the “turn-in box.” Please, always write your name on every paper before putting it in this box!&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 13)
On some days, you will be able to work on activity cards after your other work is finished. Where do you suppose the activity card cart is located? There is a QR code on the side of the cart that you can scan.&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 13)
Find the bank of computers in our classroom. Our class webpage is up. Have you and your parent(s) watched the back-to-School presentation for our class? If you have not seen it yet, you can get a pair of headphones and watch it now (with your parent)! If you have already seen it, scan the QR code that is on the side of the first computer.&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 13)
At the end of the day, you will need to take your papers out of your cubby and place them in your backpack. Find the cubbies. &choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 13)
You are finished! Close the iPad and put it back on the table by the first QR code that was framed inside the apple.&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 13)
