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. Go to the American Flag. Why is there thirteen stripes on the flag? | 13 original colonies. Go to the yellow bulletin board. | 2. Who was the first President of the United States? | George Washington. Move over to the window. | 3. What is the capital of the United States? | Washington, D.C. Go to the classroom door. | 4. What is the name of the house the President lives in? | The White House. Go to the whiteboard. | 5. What is the document that we rule the United States with? | The Constitution. Go to the poster on the back wall. | 6. What is the beginning of this document called? | The Preamble. Come to my desk. | 7. Please recite the beginning of this document for 10 extra points. | student variation |
Go to the American Flag. Why is there thirteen stripes on the flag?&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 7)
Who was the first President of the United States?&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 7)
What is the capital of the United States?&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 7)
What is the name of the house the President lives in?&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 7)
What is the document that we rule the United States with?&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 7)
What is the beginning of this document called?&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 7)
Please recite the beginning of this document for 10 extra points.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 7)