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. When a plane flies from New York City to San Francisco, is it flying in the same direction or the opposite direction as the wind? | Opposite | 2. Write the name of the city that's on the west coast. | A | 3. Write the name of the city that's on the east coast. | E | 4. Which letter shows where Chicago is? | D | 5. Which letter shows where Salt Lake City is? | C | 6. How many parts does the body of an insect have? | 3 | 7. How many legs does an insect have? | 6 | 8. How many legs does a spider have? | 8 | 9. How many parts does a spider's body have? | 2 | 10. How fast can a man run? | 20 miles per hour | 11. How fast can a jet fly? | 500 miles per hour | 12. How fast can a dog run? | 35 miles per hour | 13. When you jump one way the other object moves in what direction? | The opposite direction | 14. What does the top of water have? | Skin | 15. If tiny animals fall from high places, they don't ____. | get hurt | 16. The food that very small animals eat weights how much? | More than them | 17. If you get smaller your voice gets___. | Higher | 18. Jean got smaller. So what do you know about Jean's voice? | It got higher | 19. Does dew form in the middle of the day? | No | 20. Dew forms when the air gets ____. | Cooler |
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