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. What is the capital of Ireland? | Dublin | 2. What are the 3 colors on Ireland's flag? | orange, white, green | 3. What did St. Patrick drive out of Ireland? | snakes | 4. What is the nickname for Ireland? | Emerald Isle | 5. What Irish dance later became popular in America in the early century? | Irish jig | 6. What is a fife? | flute | 7. Kissing the Blarney Stone is suppose to give you what? | removes shyness or gift of gab | 8. What river in Illinois is dyed green on St. Patrick's Day? | Chicago | 9. Waterford, Ireland is popular for what product? | Crystal | 10. What does someone get who doesn't wear green on St. Patrick's Day get? | pinched | 11. Where does a leprechaun hide his gold? | end of the rainbow | 12. What occupation does a leprechaun have? | shoemaker | 13. What day of the week will St. Patrick's Day be on in 2020? | Tuesday | 14. Ryan had 20 potatoes and gave 5 to Shannon, how many potatoes does Shannon have now? | 5 | 15. Multiply the number of leaves on a lucky clover times the number of vowels the word represent the color of the clover? | 8 |
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