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 didn’t have my glasses on, but there were definitely two people. | fact | 2. It’s appalling that someone at Dickinson would do something like this! | o | 3. I was around the corner in my room, but someone was saying something about an upcoming birthday. | f | 4. I’m not sure what their names were, but they were both female teachers. | f | 5. I can’t say much, but I know it isn’t anything malevolent. | o | 6. Whoever did this is really deceitful! | o | 7. There’s no way a bunch of 4th graders can figure this out. | o | 8. All I know, is when this happened Ms. Escalante was in the lounge getting a snack. | f | 9. I think the bow on the frame is probably the most essential clue. | o | 10. The people responsible had a reason to not want to get caught. | f | 11. They left to go to the teacher parking lot after they heard Mrs. Crane coming. | f |
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