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. To solve the hunt you must get into the room wired to the internet, crammed with tech and full of code, the clue is hidden outside of this room | super lab | 2. It has a million stories but cannot tell them | library | 3. For the next clue, look for a room where you can paint, sculpt, and draw | Art room | 4. Let's go to the next room full of yummies; where children chat and fill their tummies | cafeteria | 5. In school, you learn many things. In this class, you'll learn to sing | chorus auditorium | 6. Our next place to visit is where the care is the best.. Someone will fix your cut knee, check you temperature or let you rest | Nurse | 7. In this place, you'll have lots of fun. You can play sports, dance, and even run | gym | 8. To solve this little fix, liquids, solids, gases mix...head to the place of some reaction to further this puzzle transaction | science | 9. Sometimes when you're not following the rules, you might get sent to this place to talk to the principal or assistant principal | main office |
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