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. Perimeter of a square with sides 5cm. Corey’s favourite place | 20 | 2. Area of a rectangle, sides 3cm and 8cm. A key or a combination will open me. | 24 | 3. Circumference of a circle, radius 2cm. Local Aboriginal word for Emu | 12 | 4. Perimeter of a rectangle, sides 12cm and 14cm. Where Ms Hopkins speaks to Year 9. | 52 | 5. Area of a triangle, base 10cm, height 8cm. Serena Williams would play here. | 40 | 6. Surface area of a cube with sides 18cm. Feeling peckish? | 1944 | 7. Surface area of a rectangular prism with sides 6cm, 9cm and 11cm. A place for lunch on a wet day. | 438 | 8. Area of a circle with a diameter of 10cm. NOW SOLVE THE PUZZLE | 78.5 |
Perimeter of a square with sides 5cm. Corey’s favourite place&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 8)
Area of a rectangle, sides 3cm and 8cm. A key or a combination will open me.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 8)
Circumference of a circle, radius 2cm. Local Aboriginal word for Emu&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 8)
Perimeter of a rectangle, sides 12cm and 14cm. Where Ms Hopkins speaks to Year 9.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 8)
Area of a triangle, base 10cm, height 8cm. Serena Williams would play here.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 8)
Surface area of a cube with sides 18cm. Feeling peckish?&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 8)
Surface area of a rectangular prism with sides 6cm, 9cm and 11cm. A place for lunch on a wet day.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 8)
Area of a circle with a diameter of 10cm. NOW SOLVE THE PUZZLE&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 8)
