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. What should you do if you if you come across a farm animal in distress? | Try to alert the farmer | 2. What should you do if a farm animal chases you and your dog? | Let your dog off the lead | 3. When riding a bike in the countryside, who must you slow down for? | Horses, Walkers and Livestock | 4. Why might a farmer sometimes leave a gate open? | So the farmer’s livestock can get to food and water | 5. Why should you keep your distance from wild animals or farm animals? | Because wild animals and farm animals can behave unpredictably if you get too close to them | 6. Give two reasons why it is wrong to drop litter | Litter spoils the beauty of the countryside, Litter can be dangerous to wildlife and animals, Litter can spread disease. | 7. What should you check before you leave for an outing in the countryside? | Check the weather forecast. | 8. Why should you use gates and stiles in the countryside and not climb over walls,hedges and fences? | If you climb over walls, hedges and fences you might damage them (1 point) and this would increase the risk of animals escaping. | 9. Why should you never remove features of the countryside such as rocks, plants and trees? | They provide homes and food for wildlife or they add to everybody’s enjoyment of the countryside | 10. What should you do if you are out walking between October and early April and you notice a fire? | Check that the fire is not supervised before you call 999 | 11. What should you do with your dog’s mess? | Clean it up and get rid of it sensibly | 12. You find someone picking flowers in the countryside, what should you do? | Politely ask them to stop | 13. You see some fox cubs ahead. What should you do? | Approach quietly and try not to disturb them | 14. Which one of these trees has thorns? Sycamore, Oak, Hawthorn | Hawthorn | 15. What equipment should you take with you when in the countryside? | Mobile phone, map, warm cloths, food, drink. | 16. What are the 5 main headings of the Countryside Code? | Be safe – plan ahead and follow any signs, Leave gates and property as you find them, Protect plants and animals, and take your litter home, Keep dogs under close control, Consider other people | 17. How could you support the rural economy? | Buy your supplies from local shops (You should accept sensible suggestions which are not in the Countryside Code e.g. buy souvenirs from the shop, have a drink at a local café) | 18. What tree produces acorns? | Oak | 19. What is a deciduous tree? | Tree that looses its leaves | 20. How tall is the world's tallest tree? | 115.7m | 21. How much (%) of the UK is NOT urban? | 93% |
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