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. Who is the author of The Hobbit? | J. R. R. Tolkien | 2. What day of the week is Valentine's Day on this year? | Friday | 3. What did the Centerville Public Library building used to be? | Sherriff's house | 4. Where will the 2014 Winter Olympics take place? | Sochi | 5. What two teams will be playing in the Super Bowl | Seahawks and Broncos | 6. What famous rhyming author has a March 2nd birthday? | Dr. Seuss | 7. What species is Chewbacca? | Wookiee | 8. What three items make up the symbol of the Deathly Hallows in Harry Potter? | Cloak, wand, and stone | 9. What famous book character lives in a boarding school in France? | Madeline | 10. Name on book that has recently been adapted into a movie | answers may vary | 11. What year was the town of Centerville founded (hint: this year is the bicentennial | 1814 |
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