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 resources and research are rich and one can find a friendly, smiling face, proceed to this location as you continue the scavenger hunt. | Media Center | 2. The students learning the most popular language are seen in these parts. | 260s | 3. This creative genre involves the likes Monet, Munch, and Michelangelo. | Art Hall | 4. Elvis Presley, Bob Marley, and Jimi Hendrix excelled in their favorite past time. | Music Hall | 5. When you solve for X, you will have a room number to go to: 3x-(2x-5)=5x-2043 | 512 | 6. Scandium Iodine Lanthanum Boron | Science Lab | 7. You took too long to get to this location, you’re tardy! You better go get a blue pass. | SAO | 8. Where might you find help with your Pitman arm? | Auto | 9. Simplify to determine the room number. (√81(11-1)2 ÷ 9 ) + 1 = ________ | 101 Main Office | 10. When a = 5 and b = 2, simplify the following expression to determine the room number: a3 – b2 = _____ | 121 Auditorium | 11. Mr. Morrill fenced in his yard for his dogs and each side of the yard measured 12 feet. Find the area of the yard to determine the room number. ______________ | 144 Guidance Suite | 12. In this place the phrase “and one” is common. | Gym/Basketball | 13. The genius of Norman Schwarzkopf is learned in this location. | 400 Hall | 14. You can find 700 loud students in this location three times per day. | Cafeteria | 15. Russell Crowe was awesome in “A beautiful mind”. If he was a student, he would have spent hours in this location. | 280 Hall |
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