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. 1. What is the name of the largest rainforest in the world? | The Amazon | 2. 2. Can you name a tribe from the Amazon Rainforest? | Yanomami | 3. 3. What is the name of the areas just above and below the Equator? | The Tropics | 4. 4. Can you rearrange these letters to make a famous rainforest animal? A HARP IN | PIRANHA | 5. 5.Can you rearrange these letters to make a famous rainforest animal? A FIND GO PRO SPORT | Poison Dart Frog | 6. 6.Can you rearrange these letters to make a famous rainforest animal? CANADA NO | ANACONDA | 7. 7.Can you rearrange these letters to make a famous rainforest animal? REQUIRE MONK SLY | SQUIRREL MONKEY | 8. 8.Can you rearrange these letters to make a famous rainforest animal? GLAD FRY ON | DRAGONFLY | 9. 9.What mammal do these clues describe?: -Slowest animal - sleeps 15-20 hours a day - green algae grows on its fur | SLOTH | 10. 10.What bird do these clues describe?:-notches on it's bill - swallows food whole - mainly black with a white neck | TOUCAN | 11. 11.What reptile do these clues describe?:- Fast runner - some people own these as pets - loses it's tail if a predator attacks | GECKO | 12. 12. What creature do these clues decsribe?:-Amphibian - see through -might'break' if you dropped it | GLASS FROG | 13. 13. What insect do these clues describe?: - tiny - red - black spots | LADYBIRD | 14. 14.How many layers are there in the rainforest? | 4 | 15. 15. Where in the Rainforest might you find; Monkeys, sliths and Orangutans? | CANOPY |
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