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. Look for the first clue in the playground | Inside the gazebo! | 2. We hid the next clue where the fish live2 | By the pond!2 | 3. Look for our next message next to Mrs Schafer's computer3 | In the office!3 | 4. The final clue is hiding in your drawer of mud!4 | Inside the mud kitchen4 | 5. Bob left these behind when he was coming to Space today, could you look after them until he gets back?5 | Newspaper and chocolate toffees. Bob might let you try a toffee if you ask nicely?!5 |
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