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. Many stories and tales I hold, but silence please not a word can be told | library | 2. to find your next clue, think number one and number two | bathroom | 3. I have 88 keys but can't open any locks, I have 4 feet but don't ever wear socks | piano | 4. To walk through walls you can, I say. With me you do that every day | doorway | 5. i have a net, but i cannot catch fish, getting a good shot will be your only wish | basketball hoop | 6. in a box which slides in and out you'll find what you look for without a doubt | a drawer | 7. inside this place, if you work and sweat, you will see how fit you get | gym | 8. I use radio waves just like your phone. When dinners warm you hear my tone | microwave | 9. you can watch the water drain even when it doesn't rain | sink | 10. I have arms, but no hands. I am soft and have pillows, but I am not your bed | couch | 11. I run all day and night, but keep my cool | refrigerator | 12. Clear cool bubbly water, pebbles and beads | fish tank | 13. I am boiling, steaming and moaning, grown ups like me in the morning | coffee machine | 14. I write words without a pen and usually live in the study den | printer | 15. I count to a dozen and then repeat, I run all day and I haven't any feet | clock | 16. Children use me to fly back and forth to the sky | playground | 17. I cannot be moved. I am not made or stone, turn me and I scream a watery tone | fire hydrant |
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