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. Sounds like this African country’s a bit of a climb. | Burundi | 2. Rooney had trouble finding these in Brazil. | Goal posts | 3. Red is for danger, but these keep us safe. | Building site barriers | 4. This place was made for winners. | Sports day podium | 5. You may need to ask the Guides for help. | Tents | 6. Notice. This equipment is for pupil use during school hours only... | Red playground sign | 7. Strictly, Len’s favourite number. | Playground target (7) | 8. This substitute is on the b_n_h. | Playground benches | 9. Is this Mr Brewer’s Wendy House? | Behind the green shed | 10. This one is rubbish. | Waste bins | 11. These grew in Flander’s fields. | Poppy pots | 12. This is a natural barrier but not on the wild side. | Wildlife area fence | 13. Nearly finished… just grit your teeth. | Grit box | 14. Mr Wood’s toy cupboard? | PE Shed | 15. Miss Bates’ house? | Playhouse | 16. Head back to the start and look around our African base. | Burundi perimeter |
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