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. On Monday Matilda took out 34 books from the library then on Tuesday she took out a further 67 books. By Wednesday, how many books did she have altogther? | 110 books on Wednesday | 2. Mr Twit tied 56 balloons to Mrs Twits feet but 32 of them popped due to the wind, how many balloons were left holding Mrs Twit? | 24 balloons | 3. Charlie's family ate 76 bowls of soup during week 1 but the during week 2 they only ate 43 bowls. What was the difference in the amount of bowls they ate? | 33 bowls | 4. George collected 68 different ingredients to put into his grandma's medicine but he needed another 43 different items. How many did he need in total? | 111 | 5. Mrs Twit collected 121 worms to put into Mr Twits spaghetti, she then added another 34 after pouring over the tomato sauce. How many worms were there in Mr Twits spaghetti? | 155 |
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