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. This fictional detective lives in England and has a sidekick name Watson | Sherlock Holmes | 2. This haunted author wrote many mysterious short stories and poems | Edgar Allan Poe | 3. Much mystery surrounds the disappearance of this famous female pilot | Amelia Earhart | 4. This mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of a will | The Westing Game | 5. This movie contains flashbacks for the viewer to think about and understand as the mystery unravels | Holes |
This fictional detective lives in England and has a sidekick name Watson&choe=UTF-8
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This haunted author wrote many mysterious short stories and poems&choe=UTF-8
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Much mystery surrounds the disappearance of this famous female pilot&choe=UTF-8
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This mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of a will&choe=UTF-8
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This movie contains flashbacks for the viewer to think about and understand as the mystery unravels&choe=UTF-8
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