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. Name 2 items produced by Fairtrade farmers? | Bananas, Coffee, tea, Flowers, Cotton | 2. 2. How many litres of water are used to produce 1 chicken? | 9000 | 3. 3. Complete the Martin Luther King quotation “By the time you finish ________ this morning you will have depended on over half the world? | Breakfast | 4. 4. How many nationalities are represented in Scoil Chonglais? | 13 | 5. 5. From what raw material do we get plastic? | Oil | 6. 6. Name 2 ways in which our litter impacts on climate change? | Severe weather, flooding, drought, famine | 7. 7. How much food (money value) does every Irish household throw out every year? | €1000 | 8. 8. Name 1 way in which Fairtrade has helped Banana growers? | Education, jobs, water | 9. 9. How many landfill sites are currently in operation in Ireland/ | 16 | 10. 10. Name the only capital city in Europe to NOT have a McDonald’s? | Tirana, Albania | 11. 11. Which Irish landmark could be filled to the top with all the litter we produce in Ireland? | Croke Park | 12. 12. On what date was European Day of Languages celebrated in 2016? | 26th September | 13. 13. What are the colours of the Lithuanian Flag? | Red, green, yellow | 14. 14. What 2 items are recycled by the school’s tuck shop? | Plastic wrappings, cardboard | 15. 15. Where are batteries recycled in our school? | Secretary’s office | 16. 16. On Tuesday March 7th a bake sale was held to raise money for a charity. Name the charity? | Trócaire | 17. 17. How much money does the Irish government spend combating Litter every year? | 400m | 18. 18. For how many hours could 1 recycled plastic bottle power a light bulb? | 3 | 19. 19. How much money was raised by students in Scoil Chonglais for the Concern Fast? | €2,150 | 20. 20. How do you say “Hello” in Romanian? | Bagu |
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