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 life expectancy? | The number of years we can expect to live. | 2. What does inadequate mean? | Lacking in quality/not good enough. | 3. Does Mr Willson have a motorbike licence? | yes | 4. What is Malaria? | Malaria is a life-threatening disease. It’s typically transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. Infected mosquitoes carry the Plasmodium parasite. When this mosquito bites you, the parasite is released into your bloodstream. | 5. What is the Tour de France? | A cycling event that hundreds of people all around the world attend | 6. Is Miss B's middle name Jane? | yes | 7. What is another word for admirable? | Wonderful, splendid or great. | 8. Use the word stationary in a sentence (hint, its not pens and pencils) | The ball was stationary on the field, the car was stationary on the street, the marble sat stationary on the table. | 9. Which singer’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta? | Lady Gaga | 10. What is our Respiratory System? | Our organs and tissues that help us breathe (our airways, lungs and blood vessels). | 11. Another word for dwindled is... | run low. | 12. Which author wrote the ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ books? | A.A.Milne | 13. What is another word for modest? | humbly , plainly, quietly, simply | 14. What is 25% of 40? | 10 | 15. How many ribs are in a human body? | 24 | 16. What is 1/3 + 1/3 | 2/3 | 17. Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita? | Switzerland | 18. what is 25% of 60 | 15 | 19. We have 28 students in our class, 3/4 of them love cake. How many students in Room 1 love cake? | 21 | 20. 18.4 - 2.7 | 15.7 | 21. What is the tiny piece at the end of a shoelace called? | An aglet | 22. What is 23,678 + 76,345 | 100,023 | 23. Which planet is the hottest in the solar system? | Venus | 24. What is 18.8 divided into 4 equal parts? | 4.7 | 25. What is 25% of 12 | 3 | 26. How many of Snow White’s seven dwarfs have names ending in the letter Y? | Five: Dopey, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy | 27. what is 345 x 5 | 1725 | 28. what is 345x15 | 5,175 | 29. Does Miss Rawcliffe have a cat? | no |
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