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. What is the floral emblem of NSW? | The Waratah | 2. What is Australia's national floral emblem? | The Wattle | 3. Why are the Emu and Kanagroo on the Australian coat of arms? | Both are animals native to Australia and neither animal can walk backwards which symbolises Australia as a country that can only move forward. | 4. What is the animal emblem of Queensland? | The Koala | 5. What does the Union Jack represent on the Australian national flag? | The Union Jack acknowledges the history of British settlement in Australia. |
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