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. Write these contractions in expanded form: can't, won't, I'll, we'll, shouldn't, couldn't, wouldn't | cannot, will not, I will, we will, should not, could not, would not | 2. Punctuate this sentence correctly: Could you pass the ketchup please I asked my mum. | "Could you pass the ketchup please?" I asked. | 3. Write antonyms for these words: soft, flat, shiny, tasty | rough, bumpy, dull, bland | 4. Write synonyms for these words: hard, cold, happy, beautiful | tough, freezing, delighted, gorgeous. | 5. Write homophones for these words: bare, there, where | bear, their, wear. | 6. Write this sentence with commas: All of a sudden I ran to the cupboard which turned out to be a mistake | All of a sudden, I ran to the cupboard, which turned out to be a mistake. | 7. Include a semi-colon in this sentence: I pulled a silly face my dad was not impressed. | I pulled a silly face; my dad was not impressed. | 8. Identify the relative clause in this sentence: The dog, which had a fluffy coat, panted in the heat. | which had a fluffy coat. | 9. Rewrite this sentence in the active voice: The bowl was knocked over by the tiger. | The tiger knocked over its bowl. | 10. Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: The teacher locked the ipad. | The ipad was locked by the teacher. | 11. Identify the noun phrase: I walked past the blossoming, fragrant cherry tree, which swayed in the spring breeze. | blossoming, fragrant cherry tree. |
Write these contractions in expanded form: can't, won't, I'll, we'll, shouldn't, couldn't, wouldn't&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 11)
Punctuate this sentence correctly: Could you pass the ketchup please I asked my mum.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 11)
Write antonyms for these words: soft, flat, shiny, tasty&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 11)
Write synonyms for these words: hard, cold, happy, beautiful&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 11)
Write homophones for these words: bare, there, where&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 11)
Write this sentence with commas: All of a sudden I ran to the cupboard which turned out to be a mistake&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 11)
Include a semi-colon in this sentence: I pulled a silly face my dad was not impressed.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 11)
Identify the relative clause in this sentence: The dog, which had a fluffy coat, panted in the heat.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 11)
Rewrite this sentence in the active voice: The bowl was knocked over by the tiger.&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 11)
Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: The teacher locked the ipad. &choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 11)
Identify the noun phrase: I walked past the blossoming, fragrant cherry tree, which swayed in the spring breeze.&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 11)
