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. Once a cat was in a hurry. She ran across the street without looking. She narrowly escaped being hit by a car. | Look both ways before crossing the street. | 2. Long ago a beautiful princess had all beautiful expensive dresses. She bragged about them all the time. The other maidens got so tired of hearing about it that they stopped being friends with her. | Don't brag; be modest. | 3. Once there was a young boy and an old man. The young boy laughed at the tired, slow, old man. Then the young boy needed to interview a veteran for a school project. The old man was very helpful and the boy got an A+ on his paper. The boy felt bad about laughing earlier. | Respect your elders. | 4. A long time ago there was a king who wanted nothing but gold. A fairy made this wish come true. Then anything he tried to eat turned into gold, so he starved to death. | Don't be greedy. | 5. There were once some hard-working ants and a grasshopper who hated to work. The ants gathered food all spring while the grasshopper played. When winter came, the ants had enough food, but the grasshopper had nothing to eat. Since the ants had no extra food to give, the grasshopper starved. | Don't be lazy. | 6. There once was an ugly duckling. The other ducks laughed at her, and she felt ashamed. However, as she developed, they saw that she was not a duck at all. She was actually a swan, and she was beautiful. | We are all capable of improvement. | 7. A lion was about to eat a mouse, when the mouse pleaded, "Let me go, and someday I may help you." Laughing, the lion let the mouse go. Later, hunters caught the lion in a trap. The mouse, seeing what happened, came to chew the ropes that bound the lion. The lion escaped. | Help others because what goes around comes around. | 8. A young child was stopped by a man. The man asked her if she would help him find his lost puppy, and if she helped him he would give her candy. The child ran away and told a teacher what happened. Later on "America's Most Wanted", then recognized that man. He was a wanted kidnapper. | Don't talk to strangers. | 9. There was once a tiny fish that was tired of being in the school of fish all the time. He picked a fight with a couple of the other fish, and said, "I don't need you; I'm leaving." So he swam away, without the protection of the group, and was soon eaten by a bigger fish. | United we stand, divided we fall. | 10. A hare wance bragged to all the animals that he could beat anyone in a race. A tortoise said, "I challenge you." So they raced. The hare ran fast and the tortoise plodded along. The hare was so confident that he took a nap. The tortoise kept up his steady pace and won the race. | Slowly but surely wins the rice. |
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