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. 1. Look at page 27 in your book. Name all the oceans of the world. | Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic | 2. 2. What is the main cause of ocean currents? | wind patterns | 3. 3. Another name for a gulf, like the Gulf of Mexico, is called an __________. | inlet | 4. 4. What large bays can be found along the Gulf of Mexico? | Mobile Bay, Tampa Bay | 5. 5. Which five lakes make up the Great Lakes? | Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario | 6. 6. Which great lake is the only one completely in the U.S.? | Lake Michigan | 7. 7. The Missouri, Arkansas, Ohio, and Illinois Rivers all flow into the Mississippi River. They are called a __________________ of the Mississippi River. | tributary | 8. 8. What river forms part of the border between the U.S. and Mexico? | RioGrande River |
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