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 year was Academic Hall completed? | 1905 | 2. How did Cardiac Hill Get its name? | The football team formerly sprinted up it during training, and they often complained at the end of the day that they felt like they were going to have a heart attack from the strenuous trek up the hill. | 3. Homecoming is one of the highlights of football season, where does the parade route run? | Starts in Capaha Park and proceeds down Broadway to Main Street | 4. Where was the KRCU campus radio located originally? | In the dome of Academic Hall | 5. When was Southeast Missouri State University founded? | 1973 |
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