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. Where are all of our costumes stored and sometimes people get dressed? | DRESSING ROOM | 2. What is the area where the audience is seated called? | HOUSE | 3. What controls the sound and microphones we use on the stage? | SOUND EQUIPMENT | 4. What is located on stage and controls all of the lights and their levels? | DIMMER SWITCHES | 5. What is the area of the stage that is closest to the audience called? | DOWNSTAGE | 6. What is the area of the stage that is furthest from the audience called? | UPSTAGE | 7. What is the portion of the stage that is located on either side of the acting area that is not visible by the audience? | WINGS | 8. What is the curtain that is on a track that can be opened or closed to reveal or mask a portion of the stage that is furthest from the audience? | TRAVELER | 9. What is the location called where all of the props are stored? | PROPS CLOSET | 10. What is the area of the stage in front of the proscenium arch called? | APRON | 11. What is the center area of the stage called? | CENTER STAGE | 12. What are the Grey set pieces that are used for the class and UIL One Act Play called? | UNIT SET | 13. What is the instrument that has a concentrated source of light that illuminates a performer on stage and stays with them as they move? | FOLLOW SPOT/SPOTLIGHT | 14. What is the most common type of theatre space, known for the arch that outlines the stage opening, having the audience facing one side directly in front? | PROSCENIUM | 15. What marks the stage floor, usually a colored tape, where set pieces go? | SPIKE TAPE | 16. Where do your Theatre Journals belong and will stay for the whole year? | BOOKSHELVES | 17. Where can you sit if you have a coupon? | GREEN CHAIR | 18. What is the curtain that we generally open and close at the beginning and the end of a play, and in class? | PURPLE MAIN CURTAIN | 19. What is used to open and close the main curtain? | ROPES | 20. What is the area of the stage (if you are looking at the audience) that is to your left? | STAGE LEFT | 21. What is the area of the stage (if you are looking at the audience) that is to your right? | STAGE RIGHT | 22. What takes us to and from the stage, but we must not run on or jump over? | RAMP | 23. Where can you find the example notebooks? | MRS. MAC'S DESK | 24. Where can you find the information you missed while you were absent? | WHILE YOU WERE GONE FILE | 25. How do you change the lights on the classroom stage? | DIMMER SWITCH |
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