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.
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1. 1.Use the sidewalk chalk to draw an angle between 45 and 90 degrees. Take a picture of the angle to show your teacher. | show picture | 2. 2. In what year did the war of 1812 end? | 1814 | 3. 3. Name 2 important figures from the war of 1812. | Tecumseh Isaac Brock Laura Secord | 4. 5. List the misspelled words in the following sentence: Its hard too say goodbye when their are marbles in you’re mouth. | its too their you’re | 5. 6. What are the side lengths of a square with an area of 169 square centimetres? | 13 | 6. 7. Charles's mom had three children. The first was named June, the second was July. What was the name of the third child? | Charles | 7. 8. Ram bets Sham $100 that he can predict the score of the hockey game before it starts. Sham agrees, but loses the bet. Why did Sham lose the bet? | the score is 0-0 at the beginning. | 8. 9. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday? | yesterday today tomorrow | 9. 10. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching! | there are no letter ‘e’s | 10. 11. Take a picture of your group doing the dab with a staff member. Show the picture to your teacher. | photo | 11. 12. Take a grumpy picture of Mr. Donald. Show the picture to your teacher. | photo | 12. 13. Take a picture of your group chilling in a relaxing place. Show the photo to your teacher. | photo | 13. 14. Take a picture of something shiny. Show the picture to your teacher. | photo | 14. 15. Take a picture of someone else taking a picture. Show the picture to your teacher. | photo | 15. 16. Take a picture of your reflections in an unexpected place. Show the picture to your teacher. | photo | 16. 17. Take a picture of your group making the strangest faces. Show the picture to your teacher. | photo | 17. 18. Take a picture of someone or something looking unusually small (use perspective). Show the picture to your teacher. | photo | 18. 19. Take a picture of someone’s eye. Show the picture to your teacher. | photo | 19. 20. Take a picture of a strange looking shadow. Show the picture to your teacher. | photo | 20. 21. Take a picture of someone wearing socks and sandals. Show the picture to your teacher. | photo | 21. 22. A trapezoid has the following dimensions: base 1 = 5, base 2 = 7, height = 3. What is the area of the trapezoid? | 18 square units | 22. 23. A rectangular prism has a volume of 36 cubic units. Provide two possible sets of dimensions. | 6,3,2, 4,3,3, 12, 3, 1, etc. | 23. 24. Where will the 2016 summer Olympics be held? | Rio, Brazil | 24. 25. What virus is causing some athletes to avoid the 2016 Summer Olympics? | Zika | 25. 26. List two decimals that are between 1/3 and ½? | anything between .3333 and .5 | 26. 27. Now that he is without your kisses, what is Shawn Mendes in need of? | Stiches | 27. 28. Drake is in need of a one dance. What does he say he has in his hand and what actually is that? | Hennessy is cognac (alcohol) | 28. 29. What are the names of Mr. Donald, Ms. Andrews and Ms. Carnie’s children? | Zoe, Piper, Fletcher, London and Jasper | 29. 30. What kind of a fish is Dory? | Blue Tang Fish |
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