QR Challenge: Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
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
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
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!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. 1. Estimate the weight of this pumpkin in kilograms. |
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2. 2. Estimate the distance between the centre goal post at one side of the oval to the other side in metres. |
| 3. 3. Estimate how many jelly beans in this jar. |
| 4. 4. Estimate the length of the slide in centimetres. |
| 5. 5. Estimate how many cups of coloured water are in this jug. |
| 6. 6. Look at this picture and write down as many shapes as possible that you can see. |
| 7. 7. Estimate the perimeter (distance around the outside) of the netball court in metres. |
| 8. 8. Guess what mathematical piece of equipment is in this box. |
| 9. 9. What size angle is formed where this wall meets the ground? |
| 10. 10. How many palings on this fence, including around the corner? |
| 11. 11. If you stand at the flag pole and face the supermarket are you facing: north, east, west or south? |
| 12. 12. Estimate the circumference of this tree in centimetres. |
| 13. 13. Find a tessellated pattern in this area and draw the pattern on your answer sheet. |
| 14. 14. How many stepping logs are there? |
| 15. 15. What do all the numbers on a computer keyboard add up to? |
| 16. 16. Write down as many different shapes you can see in this play ground. |
| 17. 17. Estimate the average amount of time a blown bubble will last in seconds. You can blow 5 bubbles to help test this. Please leave the rest of the bubble container for the next group. | |
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1. Estimate_the_weight_of_this_pumpkin_in_kilograms.
Question 1 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=2. Estimate_the_distance_between_the_centre_goal_post_at_one_side_of_the_oval_to_the_other_side_in_metres.
Question 2 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=3. Estimate_how_many_jelly_beans_in_this_jar.
Question 3 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=4. Estimate_the_length_of_the_slide_in_centimetres.
Question 4 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=5. Estimate_how_many_cups_of_coloured_water_are_in_this_jug.
Question 5 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=6. Look_at_this_picture_and_write_down_as_many_shapes_as_possible_that_you_can_see.
Question 6 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=7. Estimate_the_perimeter_(distance_around_the_outside)_of_the_netball_court_in_metres.
Question 7 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=8. Guess_what_mathematical_piece_of_equipment_is_in_this_box.
Question 8 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=9. What_size_angle_is_formed_where_this_wall_meets_the_ground?
Question 9 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=10. How_many_palings_on_this_fence,_including_around_the_corner?
Question 10 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=11. If_you_stand_at_the_flag_pole_and_face_the_supermarket_are_you_facing:_north,_east,_west_or_south?
Question 11 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=12. Estimate_the_circumference_of_this_tree_in_centimetres.
Question 12 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=13. Find_a_tessellated_pattern_in_this_area_and_draw_the_pattern_on_your_answer_sheet.
Question 13 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=14. How_many_stepping_logs_are_there?
Question 14 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=15. What_do_all_the_numbers_on_a_computer_keyboard_add_up_to?
Question 15 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=16. Write_down_as_many_different_shapes_you_can_see_in_this_play_ground.
Question 16 (of 17)
Oatlands School Maths Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=17. Estimate_the_average_amount_of_time_a_blown_bubble_will_last_in_seconds._You_can_blow_5_bubbles_to_help_test_this._Please_leave_the_rest_of_the_bubble_container_for_the_next_group.
Question 17 (of 17)
