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.
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| 1. In what city was our principal born? Take a group picture with Mr. Reardon. Everyone must wear or hold a prop.1 | FIND OUT1 | 2. Get your picture taken with the teacher and reptile victim involved with the favorite Science Lab in 7th grade. How many months has this teacher been married?2 | Thirteen2 | 3. Find the Athletic Director and get a team picture taken. Find out the professional baseball team that Coach Huber played for.3 | Atlanta Braves3 | 4. Take a picture of your favorite 3 year old activity in the Preschool classroom. What is Mrs. Pineda’s daughter’s name?4 | Midea4 | 5. Take a picture with the two kindergarten teachers. What are the names of these teachers? Add together the number of years they have been teaching.5 | Mrs. Nicol and Mrs._____________Find out years5 | 6. Take a picture of the recess cart on the blacktop and have everyone old a piece of equipment. Where must all equipment go before you leave for lunch?6 | In the cart6 | 7. Take a picture on the outdoor basketball court and pose as if your team just won March Madness.7 | YEA!7 | 8. Take a picture of your group sitting at the outdoor lunch tables. How many tables are in this area?8 | Please count8 | 9. Take a picture of your group outside of the doors that you enter to eat lunch INDOORS. What is the name of this building?9 | Feeney Hall9 | 10. Take a group picture on the woodchips playground10 | Awesome10 |
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