QR Challenge: Mr Ashby's QR code treasure 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. What is the capital city of Australia? | Canberra
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2. Does China or the USA have the largest population? | China
| 3. Name the seven continents. | Europe, Asia, Australasia, Antarctica, North America, South America, Africa
| 4. Who is buried in the pyramids of Ancient Egypt? | pharaohs
| 5. Which two elements make up water? | hydrogen and oxygen
| 6. How many days does it take for the moon to orbit the earth? | 28 days
| 7. What are the function of roots in a plant? | absorb nutrients and anchor the plant
| 8. What part of the body protect the heart? | ribs
| 9. Which two colours make green? | yellow and blue
| 10. On a computer keyboard, which letter is to the left of ‘W’? | Q
| 11. Who is the most successful British football team? | Liverpool FC
| 12. What do you call any four sided shape? | quadrilateral
| 13. What is the Indian Festival of Light called? | Diwali
| 14. What is the capital city of Scotland? | Edinburgh
| 15. What is the next number in the following sequence: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15? | 21)
| 16. Who wrote the Harry Potter books? | JK Rowling |
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-capital-city-of-Australia?
Question 1 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Does-China-or-the-USA-have-the-largest-population?
Question 2 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name-the-seven-continents.
Question 3 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who-is-buried-in-the-pyramids-of-Ancient-Egypt?
Question 4 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which-two-elements-make-up-water?
Question 5 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How-many-days-does-it-take-for-the-moon-to-orbit-the-earth?
Question 6 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-are-the-function-of-roots-in-a-plant?
Question 7 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-part-of-the-body-protect-the-heart?
Question 8 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which-two-colours-make-green?
Question 9 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=On-a-computer-keyboard,-which-letter-is-to-the-left-of-‘W’?
Question 10 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who-is-the-most-successful-British-football-team?
Question 11 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-do-you-call-any-four-sided-shape?
Question 12 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-Indian-Festival-of-Light-called?
Question 13 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-capital-city-of-Scotland?
Question 14 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-next-number-in-the-following-sequence:-1,-3,-6,-10,-15?
Question 15 (of 16)
Mr Ashby's QR code treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who-wrote-the-Harry-Potter-books?
Question 16 (of 16)