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. How much rain falls in the Sahara Desert in a year | 250mm of rain falls in a year. | 2. What animal lowers its head to drink the dew on its back? | the beetle | 3. What protects camels' eyes from the sandstorm? | Camels' eyelashes protect their eyes from the sandstorm. | 4. What animals become active after the sun sets? | The cheetah and the desert snake become active. | 5. How does the desert snake hide itself down into the sand? | It does by shaking its body from side to side. | 6. what is the title of reading text in Lesson 3? | A Day in the Sahara Desert |
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