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. What is a synonym for dilapidated? | run-down | 2. What is a synonym for jeer? | insult | 3. What is a synonym for cast? | hint of color | 4. What is a synonym for examined? | inspected | 5. What is a synonym for prompt? | quick | 6. What is an antonym for approached? | went away | 7. What is an antonym for strolling? | running | 8. What is a synonym for sinister? | evil | 9. What is a synonym for random? | stray | 10. What is a synonym for scuttle? | scurry | 11. inside : within :: straddle : ___________ | astride | 12. vulgar : charming :: ignore : ______________ | consult | 13. jeer : taunt :: noticeable : ______________ | visible | 14. foolish : ridiculous :: unique : _______________ | distinctive | 15. mumble : grumble :: fame : glory ____________ | glory | 16. bulge : shrivel :: ask : _______________ | respond | 17. respond : rely :: block : _____________ | stifle | 18. The man is a ________________. He turned his back on his country. | traitor | 19. Pardon my _______________(s). I am allergic to cats. They make my nose itch. | snuffle | 20. Kathleen spent hours searching for hidden treasures in the ____________ of the attic. | recesses | 21. I could not concentrate on my test because of the ____________ noise in the class next door. The students were going crazy! | raucous | 22. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get past the ____________ musicians. Didn't they understand he was in a hurry? | strolling | 23. Their teacher was able to ____________ their presence by the smell of the girls' perfume. | detect | 24. The unshaded light bulb gave ___________ gave off a cold, harsh light. | overhead | 25. Even in the dark, they could identify the sculpture by its distinctive __________. | ridges | 26. What is a synonym for canopy? | above | 27. What is a synonym for squarely? | directly | 28. What is a synonym for clump? | group | 29. What is a synonym for vulgar? | crude | 30. What is a synonym for decline? | refuse | 31. What is a synonym for vicious? | wicked |
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