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 was Dr. Seuss' real name? | Ted Geisel | 2. | 3. Why do you think Ted wrote the book "If I Ran the Zoo"? | His father ran a zoo when Ted was growing up. | 4. | 5. How did Ted come up with the name Dr. Seuss? | Seuss was his mother's last name before she married Ted's father. Also, it was Ted's middle name. | 6. | 7. Why didn't Ted's art teacher in high school like his drawings? | Ted didn't follow the rules. His animal drawings were always exaggerated. | 8. | 9. All of his life, what was Ted's favorite thing to do? | His favorite thing was doodling. |
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