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. People also like to store food in the freezer. When food is frozen, it does not go bad. If people want to save food for a few weeks, they can freeze it! | A Freezer | 2. Today, children’s bicycles and racing bikes are popular. People ride bikes to get exercise. Bicycling is safer, too. Now people wear helmets, and bikes have reflectors on them. | Building a Bicycle | 3. Frogs also breathe using lungs. What else do frogs use lungs for? Frogs make noise. Ribbit! | Frog have special skin | 4. To play the violin, use one hand to hold it between your chin and shoulder. Use your other hand to move the bow across the strings. Press down on the strings at different points on the neck. As you do so, you’ll hear the violin make different sounds. Are you ready to give it a try? | The Violin | 5. A tree has roots. Roots take in water for the tree. How are trees like other plants? | Parts of a tree |
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