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. A pamphlet urging people not to eat animals or use products made from animals because the author thinks that is cruel and unnecessary | Persuade | 2. A book of over 1,000 knock-knock jokes | Entertain | 3. A cook book containing recipes for making cakes, cookies, and other desserts | Inform | 4. The story of a young woman who quit her job in the business world and returned home to help her aging grandmother | Entertain | 5. Avspeech about how homes should be provided to families who cannot afford them | Persuade |
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