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. If you turn me on, I will make noise and show you some things on my screen. What am I? | A TV | 2. I'm small, but I contain the entire world. What am I? | A map or globe | 3. I'm with you when you go to bed and while you sleep and sometimes people use me in a "fight." What am I? | A pillow | 4. I'm usually as quiet as can be, but if you set me, I will buzz and ring. What am I? | An alarm clock | 5. Inside I'm black and white, but on the outside I can be many different colors. What am I? | A book | 6. I protect your eyes when in the sun and I fit over your ears. What am I? | Sunglasses | 7. You can put me on your fingers or toes and I come in every color of the rainbow. What am I? | Nail polish | 8. I'm for tea or coffee, but when I'm on a shelf, I'm empty. What am I? | A mug | 9. I go in your mouth, but you can't eat me; I'm soft, but sticky. What am I? | Toothpaste | 10. You can take me home with you, but if you don't bring me to class, you might be in trouble. What am I? | Homework |
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