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. WELCOME TO WORMSLOE! HELP UP FIND NOBLE BONES AND HIS FAMILY. READ EACH CLUE AND FIND THE CORRESPONDING SKELETON. IN ORDER TO MOVE ALONG CONTINUE TO SCAN EACH QR CODE TO READ THE NEXT CLUE. DON'T FORGET THERE ARE CLUES HIDDEN IN THE FAMILY BIORGRAPHIES AND THE MAP TO HELP YOU FIND ALL FOUR BONES FAMILY MEMBERS | instructions | 2. Starting this endeavor you must think hard, be clever, walk through the big door, you’ll appear in the gift store. There I am hiding, I can see you down there turning about, I am just up here hanging out while you use the clues and act like a scout. Don’t forget when I came to Wormsloe I was a foreigner, the best place to hide may be a corner | Sarah Bones Week 3 | 3. You must go for a walk, down to the water, you will see the old house I built for my wife, son and daughter. Once you are there, it might look worn and shabby, don’t let that fool you, the walls are made of tabby. You will find me keeping guard, so please stay behind the red fence in order to protect my yard | Noble Bones Week 3 | 4. Walk towards the west and you will find me at my best. On your trek watch out for stinging nettle, but don’t look too hard your main goal is metal. My trade is now done with molds and machines, but back in the day I was the man to be seen. From nails to pails I was quite swift, I hope you can find me, I have given you many gifts | Noble W. Bones Week 3 | 5. When we first landed we had to build from scratch, good thing palmettos are easy to latch and thatch. With a safe dry hut, we can enjoy naps with our eyes shut. You’ll find me enjoying the warmth of my quilt, I got it trading with Scots who wear kilts. I have managed to escape the damp in one of Georgia’s earliest camps | Mary Bones Week 3 |
WELCOME TO WORMSLOE! HELP UP FIND NOBLE BONES AND HIS FAMILY. READ EACH CLUE AND FIND THE CORRESPONDING SKELETON. IN ORDER TO MOVE ALONG CONTINUE TO SCAN EACH QR CODE TO READ THE NEXT CLUE. DON'T FORGET THERE ARE CLUES HIDDEN IN THE FAMILY BIORGRAPHIES AND THE MAP TO HELP YOU FIND ALL FOUR BONES FAMILY MEMBERS&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 5)
Starting this endeavor you must think hard, be clever, walk through the big door, you’ll appear in the gift store. There I am hiding, I can see you down there turning about, I am just up here hanging out while you use the clues and act like a scout. Don’t forget when I came to Wormsloe I was a foreigner, the best place to hide may be a corner&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 5)
You must go for a walk, down to the water, you will see the old house I built for my wife, son and daughter. Once you are there, it might look worn and shabby, don’t let that fool you, the walls are made of tabby. You will find me keeping guard, so please stay behind the red fence in order to protect my yard&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 5)
Walk towards the west and you will find me at my best. On your trek watch out for stinging nettle, but don’t look too hard your main goal is metal. My trade is now done with molds and machines, but back in the day I was the man to be seen. From nails to pails I was quite swift, I hope you can find me, I have given you many gifts&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 5)
When we first landed we had to build from scratch, good thing palmettos are easy to latch and thatch. With a safe dry hut, we can enjoy naps with our eyes shut. You’ll find me enjoying the warmth of my quilt, I got it trading with Scots who wear kilts. I have managed to escape the damp in one of Georgia’s earliest camps&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 5)