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. French SMS: what does it mean in English? mdr | lol | 2. French SMS: what does it mean in English? a b1to | à bientôt (see you later) | 3. French SMS: what does it mean in English? t le + bo | t'es le plus beau (you're the best looking) | 4. French SMS: what does it mean in English? bjr | bonjour (hello) | 5. French SMS: what does it mean in English? svp | s'il vous plait (please) | 6. Spanish Idioms: what is out equivalent in English? Más loco que un plumero | a sandwich short of a picnic | 7. Spanish Idioms: what is our equivalent in English? Estan lloviendo hasta maridos | it’s raining cats and dogs | 8. Spanish Idioms: what is our equivalent in English? El cojo le echa la culpa al empedrado | A bad workman blames his tolos | 9. Spanish Idioms: what is our equivalent in English? Es como llevar naranjas a Valencia | Like taking coals to Newcastle | 10. Spanish Idioms: what is our equivalent in English? De tal palo tal astilla | Like father, like son | 11. British TV programmes…but in German! What do we know it as? Nur Idioten und Pferde | Only Fools and Horses | 12. British TV programmes…but in German! What do we know it as? Grosser Bruder | Big Brother | 13. British TV programmes…but in German! What do we know it as? Die Söhne von Sim | The Simpsons | 14. British TV programmes…but in German! What do we know it as? Der höchste Gang | Top Gear | 15. British TV programmes…but in German! What do we know it as? Die Strasse der Krönung | Coronation Street | 16. The languages of Europe: This is ‘hello’ in which language? γεια | Greek | 17. | 18. The languages of Europe: This is ‘goodbye’ in which language? żegnaj | Polish | 19. | 20. The languages of Europe: This is ‘please’ in which language? aub | Dutch | 21. | 22. | 23. The languages of Europe: This is ‘thank you’ in which language? multumesc | Romanian | 24. | 25. The languages of Europe: This is ‘thank you’ in which language? eu te amo | Portuguese |
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