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 does the second pig build his house with? | wood, sticks | 2. What does Cinderella leave behind when she rushes from the palace? | her glass slipper | 3. Finish this saying the giant says in "Jack and the Beanstalk"..."Fe!Fi!Fo!Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman..." | Be he alive, or be he dead, I'll grind his bones for my bread." | 4. Name the Seven Dwarves from "Snow White". | Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc, and Bashful | 5. Who lives under the bridge in "The Three Billy Goats Gruff"? | the troll | 6. What does Jack exchange for the magic beans in "Jack and the Beanstalk"? | a cow | 7. What is Harry Potter's pet owl's name? | Hedwig | 8. In Grimms' version of "Cinderella" there is no fairy godmother. How does Cinderella get her ballgown? | from a little hazel tree she waters with her tears | 9. Which Greek goddess has snakes for hair? | Medusa | 10. What is the Little Mermaid's name? | Ariel | 11. What regal legendary creature is half lion and half eagle? | a griffin | 12. Which fairy is seen in swamps and leads people away from safe paths? | will-o-the-wisps | 13. who steals from the rich and gives to the poor? | Robin Hood | 14. Where is Rapunzel trapped? | a tower | 15. What can kill a werewolf? | a silver bullet | 16. What object can you put under your bed to keep troublesome fairies away? | a sock | 17. What did Goldilocks eat at the 3 Bears House? | porridge | 18. What body part grows when Pinnochio tells a lie? | his nose | 19. What is the name of the fairy in "Peter Pan"? | Tinkerbell | 20. A centaur is a mythical creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body of which animal? | horse | 21. What did Hansel and Gretel leave as a trail to find their way home? | breadcrumbs | 22. What "shape" is the table that King Arthur and his knights sit at? | round | 23. What two countries celebrates National Unicorn Day on April 9? | Scotland, USA | 24. What does the wolf pretend to be in "Little Red Riding Hood"? | her grandma | 25. True or False: The Grimm Brothers did not write the fairy tales for children. | True |
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