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. What is Mrs. Harris's favorite subject | Reading! | 2. | 3. What is the setting of "Picnic in October"? | Battery Park in October | 4. | 5. What does compare and contrast mean? | To tell how things are alike and different. | 6. | 7. What is the central message of "Emma's Poem"? | The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom. | 8. | 9. Who were the main characters of "Gooseberry Park?" | Kona, Murray, Gwendolyn, and Stumpy | 10. | 11. Who is the author of "Picnic in October'? | Eve Bunting | 12. | 13. Ask me a question about "Picnic in October". | Answers may vary. | 14. | 15. Add an -ed to the word "carry" | carried | 16. | 17. Add an -ing ending to the word "try". | tried | 18. | 19. Why do you think the author wrote "Emma's Poem"? | Statue of Liberty is important. |
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