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. In the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, what would the charm Wingardium Leviosa do? | Levitate an object | 2. In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, what does Alice fall down to reach Wonderland? | A well | 3. What colour is Winnie the Pooh's top? | Red | 4. What job does Matilda Wormwood's father have in Matilda by Roald Dahl? | A second-hand car salesman | 5. What is the name of Henry's arch enemy in Francesca Simon's Horrid Henry series? | Moody Margaret | 6. In which book by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler would you find a cat, a dog, a bird and a frog? | Room on the Broom | 7. What is the name of the chef at Hotel Flamingo? | Madame La Pig | 8. How tall is the new tree house in Andy Griffith's series 'The ... Storey Tree House'? | 104 storeys | 9. Finish this book title: James and the ... | Giant Peach | 10. Who wrote the Harry Potter series? | J.K. Rowling | 11. Who owns a dog called Snowy? | Tintin | 12. What kind of sandwiches are Paddington's favourite? | Marmalade | 13. What are the names of Greg Heffley's brothers in the Wimpy Kid series? | Rodney and Mark | 14. What kind of animal is Mog in the books by Judith Kerr? | Cat | 15. What colour is Mr.Happy in the Mr.Men series? | Yellow | 16. This item of clothing has been stolen from Bear and Fish in the books by Jon Klassen. What is it? | A Hat | 17. What is the name of the boy in Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak? | Max |
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