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. go to the class garden | Find something fuzzy and take a group selfie with it. | 2. look up | Take a picture in iNaturalist of a primary consumer. | 3. Go to the fence around the school | Make an observation in iNaturalist of a secondary consumer | 4. Go to the pavilion | Take a regular photo of something straight | 5. Look around your area | Two pieces of man-made litter | 6. Go to the library but don't go inside | Locate and record something round | 7. Go to the garden | Find something smooth | 8. Go to the bungalows | Find two different kinds of leaves, even if they are on a plant | 9. Find the steps | Photograph something that makes noise | 10. Find and record something you think is beautiful | meet the class by te North building steps |
go to the class garden&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 10)
look up&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 10)
Go to the fence around the school&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 10)
Go to the pavilion&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 10)
Look around your area&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 10)
Go to the library but don't go inside&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 10)
Go to the garden&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 10)
Go to the bungalows&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 10)
Find the steps&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 10)
Find and record something you think is beautiful&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 10)