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. What city is nicknamed the Windy City | Chicago | 2. What city is nicknamed the Big Apple | New York City | 3. What edible substance do bees make | Honey | 4. Which famous monster was created by a doctor | Frankenstein | 5. According to myth, what is found at the end of the rainbow | Pot of Gold | 6. What body of water separates France and England | English Channel | 7. What pigment gives leaves their green color and absorbs light that is used in photosynthesis | Chlorophyll | 8. What is a baby kangaroo called | A joey | 9. What is the only mammal that can fly | The bat | 10. In Lord of the Rings, what is Frodo and Bilbo’s last name | Baggins | 11. What falling fruit is supposedly inspired Sir Isaac Newton to discover the law of gravity | apple | 12. How many strings are on a standard guitar | 6 | 13. What is the world’s highest moutain | Mt. Everest | 14. What is Superman’s weakness | Kryptonite | 15. What are the three primary colors | Red, yellow, and blue | 16. What is the square root of 144 | 12 | 17. What is 2 cubed, or 2 to the third power | 8 | 18. What is Cinderella’s coach made from | A pumpkin | 19. What letter represents 5 in Roman numerals | V | 20. How many sides a hexagon have | 6 | 21. What is the shortest month of the year | February | 22. How many weeks are in a year | 52 weeks | 23. Who is the main character in Diary of a Whimpy Kid | Gregory “Greg” Heffley | 24. Who is the main character in The Hunger Games | Katniss Everdeen | 25. Who wrote the Harry Potter series | J.K. Rowling | 26. What are the four sections in an orchestra | String, brass, woodwind, and percussion | 27. In what war did the United States fight itself | The Civil War | 28. In what year did the Titanic sink | 1912 | 29. Who was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean | Amelia Earheart | 30. How many teeth does an adult human usually have | 32 | 31. What does a fire need to keep it going | Oxygen | 32. What is Batman’s nickname | The Dark Knight | 33. Who is Peter Parker’s secret identity? | Spider-man | 34. What superhero owns Stark Industries | Iron Man | 35. How many periods are in an ice hockey game | 3 |
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