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. Read the paragraph. Choose the best word or words to show time order. Have you ever gotten poison ivy? There is an easy way to help you feel better. 27. (First / Then), peel a banana. 28. (Next / In the beginning), place the banana peel on top of the rash and rub it around. 29. (Second / After that) you can remove the peel. Do not wash the area. 30. (At first / Finally), put a bandage around the area. | Have you ever gotten poison ivy? There is an easy way to help you feel better. First, peel a banana. Next, place the banana peel on top of the rash and rub it around. After that, you can remove the peel. Do not wash the area. Finally, put a bandage around the area. | 2. What is your teacher's surname? | Omerovic | 3. Who has made the most absenteeism in our class? | Mehmet can | 4. What is the difference between the Past Simple and the Present Perfect Tense? | P.S. completed action in the past with a certain time of completion and P.P.S. actions up to the present with a connection with the present. | 5. How many basic types of adverbs are there? | 5 | 6. What is the difference in meaning between 'to affect' and 'an effect'? | 'to affect' is the action which influences sth compared to 'an effect' which is the result of some actions. | 7. How many syllables does the word 'completely' have? | 3 | 8. Where is the stress in the word 'resolution'? | On the third syllable 'lu'. | 9. Use the word 'enforce' in a sentence. | They tried to enforce fake rules on us. | 10. Give three examples of what it means to take risks. | moving abroad, bungee jumping, trusting everyone | 11. Is the word 'water' countable or uncountable? Give one example. | uncountable - I drink a lot of water. | 12. Every day, Beth Anderson leaves her London flat on the 24th floor and takes the lift down to the ground floor, where she takes a taxi to her job at the bakery. She works there all day selling London’s finest cakes sausage rolls. After work, she goes home, gets in the lift and goes up. However, she always gets out at the 20th floor and walks up the final four flights of stairs home. If it’s raining, she doesn’t walk but goes all the way to the 24th floor using the lift. Why? | She is very short and can’t reach the 24th button. On a rainy day, she carries an umbrella and uses it to hit the button she needs. On a sunny day, she has to walk. | 13. Who are the smokers in class? | Caner, Mehmet Can, Tugcan, Zaid, Batuhan | 14. Who are the two students who never understand what Caner is saying? | Aisha and Azze |
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