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. I am often used in Maths games and some board games. What am I? | Dice | 2. I am needed to protect you from the sun. What am I? | Sunscreen | 3. If you are missing something or you find something that doesn’t belong to you, where would you look? | Lost Property | 4. I store all the technology devices for our class. What am I? | Device Bar | 5. I have been used but I can be reused. What am I? | Scrap Paper | 6. We are shared and come in a range of colours? What are we? | Shared Supplies | 7. I can be written on and wiped away. What am I? | Whiteboards | 8. I am used with this resource to write with, but I am for student use only. What am I? | Student Whiteboard Markers | 9. I am used to help spell and to learn and understand new and interesting words. What am I? | Dictionary |
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