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 Shrove Tuesday what do we “flip” and cover in lemon or sugar before eating? | Pancakes | 2. What do bees collect from flowers to make honey? | Nectar | 3. What do you whisk to make meringue? | Egg whites | 4. How many legs does a spider have? | 8 (EIGHT) | 5. What is laid by a chicken and can be made from chocolate at Easter? | An egg | 6. How many eggs are in a dozen? | 12 (TWELVE) | 7. Who fell down a rabbit hole and had a crazy adventure? | Alice in Wonderland | 8. Would a pet rabbit live in: a kennel, a pond or a hutch? | A hutch | 9. What is a young deer called: a doe, a fawn or a calf? | A fawn | 10. Which animal usually lives in a burrow? | An elephant, a horse or a rabbit? | 11. In the nursery rhyme, who had a little lamb that followed her everywhere? | Mary | 12. Which of these animals does NOT hatch out of an egg: a bird, an elephant or a crocodile? | An elephant | 13. Why are wellington boots made of rubber? | Because rubber is waterproof | 14. Do hens lay eggs sitting down or standing up? | Standing up | 15. What has a spout and a handle and is used to water plants? | A watering can | 16. Featuring rabbits, what was the name of the first novel by Richard Adams? | Watership Down | 17. Ostriches lay the biggest eggs in the world. Which bird lays the second largest eggs in the world? | The Emu | 18. Which animal does the Ugly Duckling become? | A swan | 19. True or false: lambs are most often born as twins? | True | 20. Which rabbit left his shoes and blue jacketing Mr McGregor’s garden? | Peter Rabbit | 21. In the song,what costs “one a penny, tow a penny”? | Hot cross buns | 22. True or False: hares live in underground burrows? | False (rabbits live in underground burrows, hares live in over-ground grass nests). | 23. What is a daffodil? | A yellow flower | 24. What is the main ingredient in an omelette? | Egg | 25. Name two different ways to cook an egg. | Two of: boiled, fried, scrambled and poached | 26. Name the seven colours in a rainbow. | Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet | 27. What is the proper name for a baby rabbit? | A kit or kitten | 28. In which season do trees usually blossom and flowers bloom? | Spring | 29. Would you wear an Easter Bonnet on your feet, head or back? | Head | 30. What is the name for a female sheep? | A ewe | 31. What flies in the wind, at the end of a long string? | A kite | 32. In which country would you find tulips, clogs and windmills? | The Netherlands (Holland) | 33. Which dies after it has stung you, a wasp or a honeybee? | A honeybee | 34. What do people traditionally “parade” on Fifth Avenue in New York every Easter Sunday? | Hats | 35. Which spotted insect is in a nursery rhyme with the words “fly away home, your house is on fire and your children are gone”? | A ladybird | 36. What colour is a buttercup? | Yellow | 37. What type of hat was worn by the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland? | A top hat | 38. What is the name for the yellow centre of an egg? | The yolk | 39. Where do bees live? | In a hive | 40. Around how many Cadbury Creme Eggs are sold in the UK every year: 100, 200 or 300 million? | 200 million | 41. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, who finds the last golden ticket? | Charlie Bucket |
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