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.
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1. What is the definition of the word "compass"? | device to find directions | 2. How do you make the word "loaf" plural? | loaves | 3. How many differnet meanings of the word "go" are there? | 6 | 4. What is a better word or synonym for the word "color"? | hue | 5. What is the capital of the state North Carolina? | Raleigh | 6. Name a city in the Northern part of Virginia. | various | 7. What are "aesop's fables"? | stories to teach a lesson | 8. What is the first video game? | Spacewar | 9. What is the smallest insect in the world? | fairyfly | 10. How does a hedhog communicate? | croaks, shrieks, with quills | 11. What physical adapatations does an owl use to hunt at night? | large eyes, good hearing, quiet flying | 12. What did citizens of ancient Greece do with a "peplos"? | women wore it |
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