QR Challenge: Outdoor Scavenger Hunt
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
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
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
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!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. The more I dry, the wetter I become | Towel
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2. I'm bigger than a flea, I'm bigger than a bee, you can unlock a door with me | Key
| 3. If you find me on the ground with my head up, you will have good luck | Penny
| 4. I smash scissors and paper covers me | Rock
| 5. If you step out of the bathroom and people laugh at you, you probably have this stuck to your shoe | Toilet Paper
| 6. Find something that's black and white and read all over | Newspaper
| 7. If an adventure is what you want, take a look, I'm a _____ | Book
| 8. I blow in the wind and drop in the fall | Leaf
| 9. If you skin your knee and feel bad, stick me on and you'll be glad | Bandage
| 10. Fill me up all the way, but be sure to take me out or I'll stink the next day | Trash Bag
| 11. Cows swallow this blad, but its not sharp or metal | Grass
| 12. I'm on your left and your right, hopefully not too tight | Shoe
| 13. I make marks wherever I go, I shrink as your ideas grow | Pencil
| 14. I'm by the sink and I make your hands not stink | Soap
| 15. My father the king is wealthy and old, he hides his treasure some place that's cold | Gold Coin in the Fridge |
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-more-I-dry,-the-wetter-I-become
Question 1 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I'm-bigger-than-a-flea,-I'm-bigger-than-a-bee,-you-can-unlock-a-door-with-me
Question 2 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If-you-find-me-on-the-ground-with-my-head-up,-you-will-have-good-luck
Question 3 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I-smash-scissors-and-paper-covers-me
Question 4 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If-you-step-out-of-the-bathroom-and-people-laugh-at-you,-you-probably-have-this-stuck-to-your-shoe
Question 5 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-something-that's-black-and-white-and-read-all-over
Question 6 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If-an-adventure-is-what-you-want,-take-a-look,-I'm-a-_____
Question 7 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I-blow-in-the-wind-and-drop-in-the-fall
Question 8 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If-you-skin-your-knee-and-feel-bad,-stick-me-on-and-you'll-be-glad
Question 9 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Fill-me-up-all-the-way,-but-be-sure-to-take-me-out-or-I'll-stink-the-next-day
Question 10 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Cows-swallow-this-blad,-but-its-not-sharp-or-metal
Question 11 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I'm-on-your-left-and-your-right,-hopefully-not-too-tight
Question 12 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I-make-marks-wherever-I-go,-I-shrink-as-your-ideas-grow
Question 13 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I'm-by-the-sink-and-I-make-your-hands-not-stink
Question 14 (of 15)
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=My-father-the-king-is-wealthy-and-old,-he-hides-his-treasure-some-place-that's-cold
Question 15 (of 15)
