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. Find a pink item | anything pink | 2. Take a picture of Bob Marley2 | Marcell's room2 | 3. Take a screenshot on your phone of where the Queen of England lives3 | Buckingham Palace3 | 4. Find something that you can use to hit a nail into some wood4 | hammer4?? | 5. Take a funny selfie5 | selfie5 | 6. What is the address of Mum’s work?6 | Mokoia Drive, Tihotonga, Rotorua6 | 7. Riddle me this – from dirt to paint and everything in between, I’m your number one companion in keeping you clean – Make sure to take a picture7 | soap7 | 8. Riddle me this – Stepping out? Wear me first! I’ll protect your feet from the worst – Make sure to take a picture8 | shoes8 | 9. Riddle me this – Soft and plump, I’ll be right here. Throughout your dreams, you’ll keep me near. I’ll keep you comfy all through the night, and you’ll leave me in the morning light – Make sure to take a picture9 | pillow9 | 10. Riddle me this – Tall and strong, I stay outside. The sun, the rain, they’re by my side. I give birds homes and help you breathe. I can even give you fruit to eat – Make sure to take a picture10 | trees10 | 11. Riddle me this – I’m a piece of cutlery. Although I am not a fork, if combined with one you end up with a spork – What am I?11 | spoon11 | 12. Find me – Who is the Prime Minister of NZ?12 | Jacinda Arden12 | 13. Find a funny joke – remember it, you will have to tell it to all of us at the end13 | funny joke13 |
Find a pink item&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 13)
Take a picture of Bob Marley2&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 13)
Take a screenshot on your phone of where the Queen of England lives3&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 13)
Find something that you can use to hit a nail into some wood4&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 13)
Take a funny selfie5&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 13)
What is the address of Mum’s work?6&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 13)
Riddle me this – from dirt to paint and everything in between, I’m your number one companion in keeping you clean – Make sure to take a picture7&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 13)
Riddle me this – Stepping out? Wear me first! I’ll protect your feet from the worst – Make sure to take a picture8&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 13)
Riddle me this – Soft and plump, I’ll be right here. Throughout your dreams, you’ll keep me near. I’ll keep you comfy all through the night, and you’ll leave me in the morning light – Make sure to take a picture9&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 13)
Riddle me this – Tall and strong, I stay outside. The sun, the rain, they’re by my side. I give birds homes and help you breathe. I can even give you fruit to eat – Make sure to take a picture10&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 13)
Riddle me this – I’m a piece of cutlery. Although I am not a fork, if combined with one you end up with a spork – What am I?11&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 13)
Find me – Who is the Prime Minister of NZ?12&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 13)
Find a funny joke – remember it, you will have to tell it to all of us at the end13&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 13)