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. Collect the letter A from Miss Chaffey then look in the vegetable garden for the next code. | A | 2. Grab a letter L from the bag before you head to the sports shed behind Miss Newton's room. | L | 3. Collect the letter M from the ziplock bag then go looking for your next clue around the side of Mrs Freeman's room. | M | 4. This time you're heading for the creative playground. Look near the tall purple pencil for your next clue. Did you pick up a letter Y while you were here? | Y | 5. On the other side of the playground is a boat near a green pole. Look for a letter I in the bag. | I | 6. Final stop, the mural outside the library. Look carefully in the back for the letter F. Now head back to the classroom and unscramble your letters. Tell Miss Chaffey your word. | F |
Collect the letter A from Miss Chaffey then look in the vegetable garden for the next code.&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 6)
Grab a letter L from the bag before you head to the sports shed behind Miss Newton's room.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 6)
Collect the letter M from the ziplock bag then go looking for your next clue around the side of Mrs Freeman's room.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 6)
This time you're heading for the creative playground. Look near the tall purple pencil for your next clue. Did you pick up a letter Y while you were here?&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 6)
On the other side of the playground is a boat near a green pole. Look for a letter I in the bag.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 6)
Final stop, the mural outside the library. Look carefully in the back for the letter F. Now head back to the classroom and unscramble your letters. Tell Miss Chaffey your word.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 6)
