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. Where should you go if you arrive late to school? | Student Reception | 2. Well done! Make sure to collect your Yellow Token from Ms. Nastopoulous at student reception! Your next mission is to head to a place that sells food. Add up the cost of a Life Savers Icypole, Lemonade Icypole and a Billabong Chocolate Ice Cream. Multiply the result by the number of chairs that are around the tables in this area. Then subtract 2 from that. Head to that room. | A207 | 3. Welcome to A207! Next question. The journey from platform nine and three quarters appears in which famous novel? Can you find it? | Library, inside a copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. | 4. You're a wizard Harry! Make sure your groups collects a Green Token from one of the librarians as proof of your adventure. Next question. Find out the name of the student that was AWARDed as the STC Head Prefect in 1974. Take her last name and that will tell you the next area you should go to. | O'Brien acrylic sign | 5. Congratulations on making it this far. Next question is a simple one. Where is the biggest printer in the whole school? It might not necessarily take paper. (And no, it's not in the STEM Lab) | A0S1 Print room | 6. In a future art class you might get to use this big boy to print some artwork of your own! Printer's don't all print out on flat materials though. Head to the place that lets you print in 3 dimensions! | STEM Lab | 7. Welcome to the STEM Lab, the place of creation. For special projects, we can use the laser cutter or 3D printer to help build what you need. Collect a Red Token from Mr. Rowland before you leave! Next question. Which area in the school would be the loudest? Can you find the next QR code there!? | Music Office. | 8. Nice. Make sure to collect your Blue token from the lovely Ms. Downing from the Music Office before racing to your next (and final) destination. Somewhere in the school is a Display Case that holds a Pikachu next to a Yoshi. Find out where. | Display outside S203. That’s it! Race back to the classroom where you started your race with all 4 tokens to find out if you’ve won! | 9. That’s it! Race back to the classroom where you started your race with all 4 tokens to find out if you’ve won! | Get back! |
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