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. Out in the field where the winter wheat grows, the Scarecrow has the clue to where the yellow road goes | garden | 2. The path that you seek begins at the end of a rainbow by my sister's smelly feet | answer | 3. Unscramble these words and follow the yellow brick road to find them. (bury prsipels) | answer | 4. Use the compass to find your way North on the yellow brick road - hurry forth 'til you reach the field of poppies | answer | 5. You will find the true wizard in Emerald City, "cataloged" under JF Baum | answer | 6. The witch in her castle is what you seek. She's "cooling her heels." Unlock the secrets of her crystal ball and the mystery will melt away. | answer |
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