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.
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| 1. question1 Put the following into alphabetical order: Hogwarts, Hagrid, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Snape, Dumbledore, Bellatrix | answer | 2. question2 Work out these anagrams: oGrfiyfndr, Htoagwrs, zirawd, wol, optert, psoilphhoer | answer | 3. question3 Use a thesaurus to find ten synonyms for the following words used to describe Voldemort: old, evil | answer | 4. question4 Who are they? Look up the definitions of these words in order to work out which character they are describing: perspicacious, malevolent ,venerable, chivalrous | answer | 5. question5 Come up with ten interesting adjectives to describe Hogwarts | answer | 6. question6 Think of words to rhyme with the following: spell, cast, black, magic, story, hate, love, friend | answer | 7. question7 Name five other books which feature witches or wizards | answer | 8. question8 Find out what the following nouns are: aconite, hinkypunk, veela, muggle, niffler | answer | 9. quesion9 Draco Malfoy could be described as Selfish, Cruel and Greedy. Think of three antonyms for each of these words | answer | 10. question10 How many words can you make from the name Albus Dumbledore? | answer | 11. question11 what does 'Draco dormiens nunquan titillandus' mean? | answer | 12. question12‘The Great Hall looked its usual splendid self, decorated for the start-of-term feast. Golden plates and goblets gleamed by the light of hundreds and hundreds of candles, floating over the tables in mid-air.’ Highlight and label two literary techniques in this quote | answer | 13. question13 Which is the odd one out: hex, curse, jinx, charm? | answer | 14. question14 Create a simile to describe Hagrid | answer | 15. question15 Create the title of the next book in the Harry Potter series | answer | 16. question16 How many other famous Harry's can you name? | answer |
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