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. Did the Apple iPhone first become available in 2005, 2006 or 2007? | 2007 | 2. In terms of computing, what does CPU stand for? | Central Processing Unit | 3. True or false? Nintendo was founded after the year 1900. | False.1989 | 4. Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari and Explorer are types of what? | Web browsers | 5. The technologically advanced humanoid robot ASIMO is made by which car company? | Honda | 6. In terms of computing, what does ROM stand for? | Read Only Memory | 7. Did the original Sony Playstation use CDs or cartridges to play games? | CDs | 8. IBM is a well known computer and information technology company, what does IBM stand for? | International Business Machines | 9. Along with whom did Bill Gates found Microsoft? | Paul Allen | 10. What science fiction writer wrote the three laws of robotics? | Isaac Asimov | 11. True or false? In computing, keyboards are used as input devices. | True | 12. What does the abbreviation WWW stand for? | World Wide Web | 13. Nano, Shuffle, Classic and Touch are variations of what? | The Apple iPod | 14. What is netiquette? | Good behavior on the Internet | 15. Where does a bounced email return to? | Sender. | 16. What is freeware? | Free software | 17. A small a in a circle is pronounced how? | At | 18. In which country did the Internet start? | USA. | 19. A bitmap is a collection of what?? | Dots | 20. What is the minimum number of computers which can be networked? | Two. | 21. Which company launched CDs in the early 1990s? | Philipps | 22. Barclay Square was an early Internet site offering what? | Shopping |
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