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. something that opens and closes | answer | 2. something that changes shape | answer | 3. something that rolls | answer | 4. something other than a room that the entire team will fit into | answer | 5. something wet other than water | answer | 6. something round that water will go through | answer | 7. something that is only red and orange | answer | 8. something soft and round | answer | 9. something hard and green | answer | 10. something with gears | answer | 11. something cone shaped | answer | 12. something that reflects | answer | 13. something that distorts objects | answer | 14. something that magnifies sound | answer | 15. something that is a gel | answer | 16. A ______ a day keeps the doctor away | APPLE | 17. Look through the _______ and you can see beyond the walls | WINDOWS | 18. Find five output devices | answer | 19. Find five input devices | answer | 20. I’m the hottest new trend in gadgets, apps in your lap | iPad | 21. I’m the best mobile phone in the universe. Jake loves me | iPhone | 22. I can go anywhere, take everything with me, don’t need a lot of space and get there in a flash | FLASH DRIVE/ JUMP DRIVE/ USB DRIVE | 23. I can spin 500 times in one minute. What am I and how many can you do? | CD or DVD | 24. I get rid of destruction that spreads and could possibly damage anything insight | VIRUS PROTECTION | 25. I spit out words and pictures all day every day | PRINTER | 26. I get things moving | MOUSE | 27. Take a look at your favorite book without licking a finger | eReader | 28. I have 4-way processing, I’m running Windows 7, have 4 GB Memory, a 620 GB Hard Drive, 14”, can last up to 5 hours and 32 minutes and I’m on sale | Dell Intel Core i3 Processor Laptop $529 | 29. We’re “Safe and Secure from the Start | Geek Squad | 30. How can I access the internet with only one Ethernet cord | Wireless Router | 31. Guide me | GPS | 32. Get 2 pair of 3D glasses and a 3D Blu-Ray disc player with me | Samsung 64” Class Plasma 3D HDTV | 33. I can control anything, does that make me a dictator? | Universal Remote |
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