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. Who is the principal of TKP? | Mrs Saunders | 2. What was the magician trying to teach us about earlier this year? | Eating a healthy diet | 3. What street is our school on? | Wira Street | 4. What is the dog’s name in Wonder? | Bear | 5. Who does Te Reo lessons with us throughout the week? | Whaea Karen | 6. Who takes the Kapa Haka group on Wednesdays? | Whaea Kim | 7. What does Kia Ora mean? | Hello | 8. Who was the boy that went into the girl’s bathroom? | Bradley | 9. What is onomatopoeia? | Words that sound like the way they are written | 10. Give three examples of Nouns | Teacher to mark | 11. Give three examples of Verbs | Teacher to mark | 12. Give three examples of Adjectives | Teacher to mark | 13. Give three examples of Adverbs | Teacher to mark | 14. Give three examples of Onomatopoeia | Teacher to mark | 15. Give an example of a simile | Teacher to mark | 16. Give an example of a metaphor | Teacher to mark | 17. Name three student leaders this year | Harry, Ashton, Ethan, Cairo, Chayse, Alex, Zoe, Shiloh, Tabitha, Jada, Sophie | 18. What is 2x5? | 10 | 19. What is 10x4? | 40 | 20. How many slides are there in the junior playground? | Two | 21. If you were in the library, what books have numbers? | Non-Fiction | 22. How many teaspoons of sugar are you supposed to have in a day? | No more than 4 | 23. What are the four whanau groups at school? | Waikare, Whangamarino, Waikato, Whangape | 24. What does Te Kauwhata mean? | The empty storehouse | 25. How many millimetres are in 4 cm? | 40 | 26. Who is the teacher in Ruma Wha? | Mrs Burns | 27. Which teacher plays the guitar at assembly most weeks? | Mrs Cullen | 28. How many sandpits are there in the school? | Three (Junior, Senior, and Long jump) | 29. Are you allowed in the swimming pool area without a teacher? | No | 30. Which whanau is Mrs Constantine in? | Waikato | 31. What colour is Whangape Whanau? | Green | 32. What colour is Waikato Whanau? | Yellow | 33. What colour is Waikare Whanau? | Blue | 34. What colour is Whangamarino Whanau? | Red | 35. What is Auggie’s last name in Wonder? | Pulman | 36. Who owns the chocolate factory that Charlie visits? | Willy Wonka | 37. Who wrote “The Magic Finger”? | Roald Dahl | 38. Who was the acting Prime Minister when Jacinda Ardern was on Maternity Leave? | Winston Peters | 39. What country is to the West of New Zealand? | Australia | 40. How many states are there in America? | 50 | 41. What is the longest river in New zealand? | Waikato | 42. Where is Kirikiriroa? | Hamilton | 43. How many colours are in a rainbow? | 7 | 44. What is the name of the toy cowboy in Toy Story? | Woody | 45. What colour are smurfs? | Blue | 46. How many sides does a Triangle have? | 3 | 47. Tired people need… | Sleep | 48. What do you get if you freeze water? | Ice | 49. Who are Mrs BB’s children? | Archie and Iona | 50. Thirsty people need… | Water |
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