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. When was Albert Einstein born? | May 14, 1879 | 2. Things fascinated Albert, name two that were mentioned in chapter 1. | Electricity & compass | 3. At about age 10 Albert started to teach himself and began to read as much as he could about what subject? | Science | 4. What calmed Albert's active mind? | music/violin | 5. What are the two ends of a magnet called? | North pole and South Pole | 6. Albert was destined to be a ------------? | Thinker | 7. Albert and his sister, Maja enjoyed doing what together? | Taking long walks and hikes | 8. What element inside the earth creates magnetic forces? | Iron |
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