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. While hanging from a string, this metal bar is tapped with a metal striker. | Triangle | 2. It's long metal tubes make bell sounds when tapped with a mallet. | Chimes | 3. It has snares which vibrate when the drumhead is tapped. | Snare Drum | 4. This single-reed instrument is made of brass. | Saxophone | 5. A loud rumble is heard when this huge metal plate is tapped repeatedly. | Gong | 6. Standing upright on it's side, it makes deep "booms" when tapped by a mallet. | Bass Drum | 7. It has small bells attached to a piece of wood. | Sleigh Bells | 8. This small instrument has a wooden ball that hits a small cowbell shape. | Vibraslap | 9. This very large instrument has 88 strings and a keyboard. | Piano | 10. A handheld instrument, strands of silver beads circle around its body. | Cabasa | 11. This small percussion instrument makes a scraping sound. | Guiro | 12. Smaller than the viola, it is the highest-pitched string instrument. | Violin | 13. They look like round brass plates. | Cymbals | 14. This single-reed woodwind is about the same size as an oboe. | Clarinet | 15. This giant string instrument makes low bullfrog tones. | Double Bass | 16. This brass instrument has a slide instead of valves. | Trombone | 17. This double-reed instrument has an onion-shaped bell. | English Horn | 18. Inside these gourd-shaped instruemtns are grains which rattle when shaken. | Maracas | 19. It looks like an old hunting horn, however, it has three valves. | French Horn | 20. When it's 47 strings are plucked, beautiful gentle sounds can be heard. | Harp | 21. This very large double-reed instrument looks like a narrow pole. | Bassoon | 22. Longer than a piccolo, it looks like a silver pipe. | Flute | 23. This giant percussion instrument is the only pitched drum. | Kettle Drum/Timpani | 24. This bowed instrument is held upright between the knees when played. | Cello | 25. Bright high-pitched sounds can be made with this brass instrument. | Trumpet | 26. Related to the clarinet, this instrument makes deeper tones. | Bass Clarinet | 27. Shorter than the English horn, this woodwind is known for its clear nasal tones. | Oboe | 28. Hard mallets are used to strike the wooden bars that rest on its frame. | Xylophone | 29. It is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument in the orchestra. | Tuba | 30. Shrill sounds are made by this very short silver pipe. | Piccolo | 31. Played with a bow, this instrument is a little larger than the violin. | Viola | 32. It is a small flat drum which is tapped or shaken to make sound. | Tambourine |
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