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 sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers? | Honey | 2. 2. Name the school that Harry Potter attended? | Hogwarts | 3. 3. Which country is home to the kangaroo? | Australia | 4. 4. Which country sent an Armada to attack Britain in 1588? | Spain | 5. 5. Saint Patrick is the Patron Saint of which country? | Ireland | 6. 6. From what tree do acorns come? | Oak | 7. 7. What is the top colour in a rainbow? | Red | 8. 8. In the nursery rhyme, who sat on a wall before having a great fall? | Humpty Dumpty | 9. 9. Which big country is closest to New Zealand? | Australia | 10. 10. Where in Scotland is there supposedly a lake monster called Nessie? | Ans Loch Ness | 11. 11. What is the name of the policeman in the pre-school children’ television series Balamory? | PC Plum | 12. 12. Who created the children’s book character Tracy Beaker? | Jacqueline Wilson | 13. 13. How many colours are in a rainbow? | 7 | 14. 14. Which river flows through London? | The Thames | 15. 15. What is the name of the bear in The Jungle Book? | Baloo | 16. 16. Name the most famous nurse of Victorian Times who improved care for wounded soldiers? | Florence Nightingale |
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