QR Challenge: Scavenger hunt

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

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!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. 1. Cryptic clue: Not reversed to make weight (3 letters)	ton
2. 2. Cryptic clue: A bit of quiet, we hear (5 letters)	peace
3. 3. Cryptic clue: State I had returned oh (5 letters)	idaho
4. 4. Cryptic clue: It is up for being fancy and down for a telling off (5 letters)	dress
5. 5. Cryptic clue: A baby bird (5 letters)	stork
6. 6. Same name: Third most popular baby girl name in 1975 and plant with scientific name Calluna vulgaris	heather
7. 7. Same Name: Name of U.S. Cavalry general most famous for the Battle of Little Bighorn and name of magazine founded by John F. Kennedy Jr.	george
8. 8. Same name: Name of media ratings company founded in 1923 and last name of the actor playing the protagonist in the Naked Gun film trilogy.	nielsen
9. 9. Same Name: “Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay” singer and the world’s largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems.	otis
10. 10. Same name: U.S. Vice President and Parliament-Funkadelic member	George Clinton
11. 11. Combined names: One way or another singer meets the boy who lived	Deborah harry potter
12. 12. Combined names: the star of the thing and the star of gladiator	Kurt Russell Crowe
13. 13. Same last names: He played sayid on Lost and she played Mary Poppins	Naveen and Julie Andrews
14. 14. Same: Mineral and shape	diamond
15. 15. Same: Equestrian sport and clothing	polo
16. 16. Same: Nationality and pastry	Danish
17. 17. Same: US President and car manufacturer	ford
18. 18. Same: Bone and circle measurement	radius
19. 19. Same: Fragrant flower and Disney princess	jasmine
20. 20. Same: Greek alphabet letter and airline	delta
21. 21. Same: Country and bird	turkey
22. 22. Same: Bird and fruit	kiwi
23. 23. Same: Insect and sport	cricket

 

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