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. Which day is Earth Day? | Earth Day falls on April 22nd. This is a nearly 50-year-old tradition, established in 1970, dedicated to bringing the environment to the forefront. Each year, Earth Day Network works to bring together communities around the world in a huge campaign to tackle modern-day environmental problems in an effort to continue the Earth Day tradition. | 2. Which country is knowns as ‘land of the windmills’? | The Netherlands | 3. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover .... | 6%^ | 4. For every tonne of paper recycled, we save . | a/ 17 trees b/ 25 trees c/ 45trees | 5. What is the most common type of waste that litters our oceans? | Cigarettes |
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