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 lady created the first algorithm and is known as the “first computer programmer” in the world? NEXT CLUE- Where can we buy snacks AND clothes? | Ada Lovelace | 2. Which Chinese American physicist who made significant contributions in the world of nuclear science, helped create the first nuclear bomb during World War II is often named the “First Lady of Physics? NEXT CLUE- You can usually get information from this place and many people come here asking for directions. | Dr. Chien Shiung | 3. Name the African American entrepreneur that was the first self-made millionaire in America who started a manufacturing company that produced beauty and hair products for black women and was known as the wealthiest African American woman in America at the time of her death in 1918? NEXT CLUE- Bears go to this place to hibernate during the winter. A famous DC Comics character also has his HQ stationed in a place carrying the same last name. | Madam C.J. Walker | 4. What American physician and NASA astronaut became the first African-American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992? NEXT CLUE- You can get different drinks here, but it is still considered a fountain. | Mae Carol Jemison | 5. African American civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress later called “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement”. On December 1, 1955, Parks became famous for refusing to obey bus driver James Blake’s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger? NEXT CLUE- Enjoy the view and the meal with your friends at where the next QR code is. | Rosa Parks | 6. Name this famous singer born and raised in Houston, Texas who got her start singing in the group Destiny's Child? NEXT CLUE- Go to the place that shares the same name as a famous comedian named Eddie | Beyonce | 7. What singer was referred to as the "Queen of Country" in the 1950's? NEXT CLUE- The next artist got her start in a place called "the house of God". | Kitty Wells | 8. Which artist had the best selling R&B debut album of all time? NEXT CLUE- Some where in the "HALL" you must have "FAITH" you are on the right track. | Whitney Houston | 9. Which artist is the first female soprano to perform with the Metropolitan Opera? NEXT CLUE- This desk is the most "SECURED" in the building. | Leontyne Price | 10. Which famous jazz singer is often referred to as the "First Lady of Song"? NEXT CLUE- All done. Hurry back to the bandroom! | Ella Fitzgerald |
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