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. 1/4 + 2/4 = | 3/4 | 2. 2/6 + 3/12 = | 7/12 | 3. What four states border Kansas? | Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado, Oklahoma | 4. What are Mr. S's daughter's names? | Isla and Rosie | 5. Round 15,614 to the nearest tenth. | 15,610 | 6. What 5 states have a border that touch the Pacific Ocean? | Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Alaska | 7. What do you like best about 4th Grade? | everything! | 8. What is your favorite Read Aloud book so far? Why? | answers vary | 9. Who did the colonists fight for independence? | Britain | 10. What must sound have in order to be heard? | vibration | 11. How many bones are in the adult human body? | 206 | 12. Correct this sentence: is Anthonys pet cheetah going to Bennetts famous zoo. | Is Anthony's pet cheetah going to Bennett's famous zoo? | 13. What tool would you use to find synonyms and antonyms? | Thesaurus | 14. Put these words in alphabetical order: suit, sushi, sunshine | suit, sunshine, sushi | 15. What is the difference between an obtuse and acute angle? | greater than/less than 90 | 16. 178X12= | 2,136 | 17. What is 7 less than Michael Jordan's jersey number? | 16 | 18. Where does Mrs. Spreer work? | MHS | 19. Name one of Mr. Spreer's hobbies. | music, camping, teaching | 20. What is your favorite movie? WHY? | explain | 21. How many cups are in a quart? | 4cups | 22. How many inches are in 5 feet? | 60inches | 23. What is the Golden Rule? | treat others | 24. What does the word "nastalgic" mean?Use it in a sentence. | longing | 25. Go give the ladies working in the office a compliment. | varies | 26. Give a compliment to somebody you don't know very well. | anyone |
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