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. What were the four original flavors of Life Savers as introduced in 1921? | Grape, orange, lemon and lime. | 2. Who created the first, mass-produced candy bar? | John Cadbury | 3. What candy has the slogan, "It melts in your mouth, not in your hands?" | M&M's | 4. This candy bar was included in U.S. soldiers' rations during World War II? | Heath Bar | 5. What M&M color was discontinued in the 1970s? | Red (because of a food coloring controversy); a safer red-colored M&M was reintroduced in 1987. | 6. This candy bar makes you "feel like a nut." | Almond Joy (got nuts, Mounds don't) | 7. How much chocolate and candy are produced in the United States each year? | More than seven billion pounds are manufactured each year. | 8. Why can chocolate melt in your mouth? | Because the melting point of cocoa butter (main ingredient in chocolate bars) is just below body temperature. | 9. Which U.S. holiday sees the highest candy sales? | Halloween, followed by Easter, Christmas and Valentine's Day | 10. When is National Candy Corn Day? | October 30, the day before Halloween, is celebrated as National Candy Corn Day. More than 20 million pounds of candy corn are sold each year in the United States. | 11. What was the original name of the Sugar Daddy candy on a stick? | The "Papa Sucker" | 12. Which five flavors are included in a package of Bottle Caps? | Cola, cherry, grape, root beer, and orange | 13. Which famous candy was Mr. Owl talking about when he asked, "How many licks does it take to get to the center...?" | Tootsie Pop | 14. In which year did the makers of Bazooka bubble gum announce they would stop including Bazooka Joe comic strips in the wrappers? | In 2012 | 15. What flavor is Good & Plenty Candy? | Licorice flavor with a candy shell coating | 16. How many calories are in a single Peeps marshmallow chick? | 17. What is the original tagline for Now & Later candies? | "Eat some now, save some for later." | 18. How did PEZ candy get its name? | Name comes from the first, middle, and last letters of the German word for peppermint, which is PfeffErminZ. | 19. What is the name of the gum packages that contain stickers that feature parodies of famous products? | Wacky Packages | 20. As of 2014, how many official flavors are there of Jelly Belly jelly beans? | 50 official flavors |
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