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. A list of the symbols used in a map or book with explanations of what they mean. | key | 2. A position of something in relation to its surroundings. | orientation | 3. A drawing of a building, town, area, vehicle, machine etc that shows its shape from above, its size and the position of important details. | plan | 4. The relation between the real size of something and its size on a map, model or diagram. | scale | 5. The ability to look at something from a very high place so that you see a large area below you. | bird's eye view | 6. The place where something or someone is, often in relation to other things. | position | 7. A sign, shape or object that is used to represent something else. | symbol | 8. A device for finding direction with a needle that can move easily and that always points to magnetic North. | compass | 9. One of the seven large land masses on the Earth's surface, surrounded by sea and usually consisting of various countries | continent | 10. A drawing of the Earth's surface, or part of that surface, showing the shape and position of different countries, political borders, natural features such as rivers and mountains and artificial features such as roads and buildings. | map |
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