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. It's time for a Library Scavenger Hunt! You will work with your team to collect words in different places in the library. Go to the poetry books and scan the QR code taped to the shelf. Write down the word that it shows, then go to the next location. Good luck! | intro | 2. If you were looking for the POETRY books you are in the right spot! Write down the words “TEETH ARE” on your paper, then go to the fiction books written by Lauren Tarshis (F Tar) and scan the QR code in that area. | TEETH ARE | 3. If you were looking for the LAUREN TARSHIS books you are in the right spot! Write down the word “EVERY” on your paper, then go to zoo animal (mammal) books. Scan the QR code in that area for your next word/phrase. | EVERY | 4. If you were looking for the ZOO ANIMAL / MAMMAL books you are in the right spot! Write down the word “SHARK” on your paper, then go to the books about baseball. Scan the QR code in that area next. | SHARK | 5. If you were looking for the BASEBALL books you are in the right spot! Write down the words “EIGHT DAYS” on your paper, then go to the reading room for your final word. Scan the QR code on the reading room door. | EIGHT DAYS | 6. If you are looking for the reading room, you are in the right spot! The final word for your crazy shark fact is “REPLACED.” Use all of the words that you have written down to write a sentence about sharks, then bring your paper to your teacher. | REPLACED |
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