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. Find at least 50 cents worth of change from the ground | 2. Picture at Chinese Gardens/Pagoda practicing Tai Chi | 3. Picture at St. Barbara Russian Orthodox Cathedral looking like monks | 4. Picture at Canada Place doing Canadian stuff | 5. Picture at Churchill Square...having fun | 6. Picture at Harbin Gate and do Matrix poses | 7. Find a take-out menu from a Chinese restaurant | 8. Find a fortune cookie (extra points if the word "happy" appears in the the fortune cookie note) | 9. Picture of entire group's reflection in something other than a mirror | 10. Picture of a team member hugging a stranger | 11. Picture of one of the members of the team standing in front of (or sitting on) a statue | 12. Go to Lucky 97 Supermarket and buy some tasty import fruits (the more exotic the better | 13. Picture of entire team in a phone booth | 14. Picture of entire team jumping (everyone must be in mid-air for the picture to count) | 15. Picture of team at the Chinese Pentecostal Church | 16. Picture of team drinking bubble tea |
Find at least 50 cents worth of change from the ground&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 16)
Picture at Chinese Gardens/Pagoda practicing Tai Chi&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 16)
Picture at St. Barbara Russian Orthodox Cathedral looking like monks&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 16)
Picture at Canada Place doing Canadian stuff&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 16)
Picture at Churchill Square...having fun&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 16)
Picture at Harbin Gate and do Matrix poses&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 16)
Find a take-out menu from a Chinese restaurant&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 16)
Find a fortune cookie (extra points if the word "happy" appears in the the fortune cookie note)&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 16)
Picture of entire group's reflection in something other than a mirror&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 16)
Picture of a team member hugging a stranger&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 16)
Picture of one of the members of the team standing in front of (or sitting on) a statue&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 16)
Go to Lucky 97 Supermarket and buy some tasty import fruits (the more exotic the better&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 16)
Picture of entire team in a phone booth&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 16)
Picture of entire team jumping (everyone must be in mid-air for the picture to count)&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 16)
Picture of team at the Chinese Pentecostal Church&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 16)
Picture of team drinking bubble tea&choe=UTF-8
Question 16 (of 16)