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. Where are you?. | You will need to find these codes around the school by following the clues. Scan your device to the code and read the information carefully. Remember to read the clue, discuss it with your group members before deciding where to go next. | 2. Think carefully and go to where the 12 year olds and an older man learn together. Behind it you will find a board with the clue. | The display board behind Mr. Andy's P8 classroom. | 3. Do balls bounce in middle of the circus? Here is the next clue. | The centre pole under the tent. | 4. Is there a large purple machine in the largest room in the school? | The purple printer in the library. | 5. Where would you go eat your snack? | Outside your classroom. | 6. Go to the classroom of the tallest teacher with the most hair. | Miss Barbara's classroom |
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