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. When you are in need of figuring out what to do in the future you go here | Guidance Office | 2. Edgar Allen Poe told a story about a buried beating heart. Find it. | Learning Commons-The Tell Tale Heart(Take a picture of the cover)-You're hungry for a quick & healthy snack. You don't need to go far to find the next QR Code to scan | 3. Take a picture of the snack offerings, then scan the QR Code | He is "The Voice of BHS," take a photo of the room number next to this person's room, then scan "the Voice's" QR Code | 4. You aren't feeling very well, so find someone who can help you out, but don't actually bother this person. Scan the QR Code while you wait. | Take a photo of the reading materials on the wall, then scan a QR Code where there is a snack listing and prices | 5. Congratulations you are almost done. Take a photo of the snack choices here, then proceed back to the Starting & Finish line | Room 305 |
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