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. Who adopted Orono Park? | Spectrum High School | 2. What can be used to cook food from Elk River Meats? | Grill | 3. We use this to dispose of glass, aluminum, plastic, and paper. | Recycle Bin | 4. What a great day for a picnic lunch. We can sit here and watch Lake Orono. | Table in pavilion | 5. You can climb on me or use me for firewood. I have an interesting knot for storing things. | Tree by sidewalk | 6. Elk River is Powered by Nature and this! | Electric Box by parking lot | 7. When was the Orono Park Playground dedicated? | June 2013 | 8. Let’s have fun! You can spin around me until you get dizzy! | Playground equipment | 9. Practice your balance and don’t fall down! | Stump | 10. I used to be something else but now I’m a nice place to sit. | bench in park area |
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