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. What type of animal is Geronimo Stilton? | A mouse | 2. 2. What job does Geronimo Stilton do? | Runs a newspaper | 3. 3. Who is Hazel's best friend in The Fault in Our Stars? | Augustus | 4. 4. Which novel has a female protagonist called Katniss? | The Hunger Games | 5. 5. What is the name of Katniss's District? | Disctrict 12. | 6. 6. In Maximum Security what was James's full name? | James Adams | 7. 7. In Divergent why was Tris classified different? | Because she was Divergent | 8. 8. What faction did Tris choose? | Dauntless | 9. 9. How old was Hazel when she was diagnosed with cancer? | Sixteen | 10. 10. Which company published James and the Giant Peach? | Roald Dahl | 11. 11. How many animal characters are introduced at the beginning of James and the Giant Peach? | Seven | 12. 12. What is the name of the first chapter in Stormbreaker? | Funeral voices | 13. 13. On page 3 of Wonder what does August wish for? | An ordinary face | 14. 14. In House of Secrets introduction which famous Hollywood director did Christopher Columbus work for? | Steven Spielberg | 15. 15. Which girl does Jim write to in Lighthorse Boy? | Alice McDonnell | 16. 16. What time period is the series Gods and Warriors set in? | Greek Bronze Age | 17. 17.What was Hylas's occupation in the book Gods and Warriors? | Goatherd | 18. 18. What Genre is the book Rage of the Rhino? | Adventure | 19. 19. In Rage of the Rhino what is the first thing that Beck Granger sees in his kitchen? | a huge caterpillar | 20. 20.Which association is Bear Grylls part of? | The Scouts | 21. 21.In the novel Weirdo 2, what is Weir's trolley full of when he goes shopping? | Toilet paper | 22. 22. Name the three main characters in the novel Bleakboy and Hunter. | Jesse, hunter and Kate. | 23. 23. In the novel Bleakboy and Hunter which radio station is the main character Jesse James Jones compared to? | JJJ, Triple J | 24. 24. Percy Jackson is a halfblood. What makes him a halfblood? | Father is Poseidon God of the sea. | 25. 25.Which famous series did Meg Cabot write? | The Princess Diaries |
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