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. What do all the numbers on a computer keyboard add up to? | 45 | 2. What is the circumference of your head? | varies | 3. How many stacked pennies make an inch? | varies | 4. Where is there a right angle in your classroom and how many degrees is it? | varies/90 | 5. On what date will the 100th day of school fall this year? | use calendar | 6. How many minutes are you in school each day? | 440 | 7. How tall do you think you will be when you are an adult? | varies | 8. How old will you be in the year 2050? | varies | 9. Name something that weighs about a pound? | varies | 10. How long is the 4th grade hallway in meters? | good question | 11. If you divided the kids in your class into pairs, how many pairs would there be? | varies | 12. Can the kids in your class be evenly divided into groups of three? | yes/no | 13. How far can you count by 2s quickly without making a mistake? | varies | 14. How many numbers are in the 4th,5th, and Kindergarten hallways? | good question | 15. Would you rather have $100 or 350 quarters? | $100 | 16. If each letter of your name is worth $12, what is you full name worth? | varies | 17. How many nickels are in $20? | 400 |
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