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. I wrote a book in a diary form -Jeff Kinney | Diary Of A Wimpy Kid | 2. 2.In my book someone likes marmalade -Michael Bond | A Bear called paddington | 3. 3.In my book the boy is very naughty -Francesca Simon | Horrid Henry | 4. 4.Lots of magic happens in my books- J K Rowling | Harry Potter | 5. 5.You dig to make these in my book -Louis Sachar | Holes | 6. 6.This is what we call people who look after other peoples children -Ann M Martin | Babysitters | 7. 7. This book has a most unusual creature in it -Julia Donaldson | The Gruffalo | 8. 8. Golden tickets are in this book- Roald Dahl | Charlie & Choc Factory | 9. 9. My character was sent around the world -Jeff Brown | Flat Stanley | 10. 10. You might meet Mr Strong or Little Miss Giggles in my book- Roger Hargreaves | Mister men | 11. 11. My book has a very brave animal in it -Michael Morpurgo | War Horse | 12. 12.You might find the creatures in my books scary -Tom Gates | Dog Zombies Rule | 13. 13. Watch out the creature in my book doesn't burn your eyebrows Cressida Cowell | Train Drag | 14. 14. The main character in my book has an unusual costume -Dav Pikey | Captain Underpants | 15. 15. A very strange relative is in my book -David Walliams | Gangsta Granny | 16. 16.My book is about prejudice in Glasgow- Theresa Breslin | Divided City |
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