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. 1.Brain of the computer that performs instructions defined by software. | CPU | 2. 2.A display device that forms an image by converting electrical signals from the computer into points of colored light on the screen. | Monitor | 3. 3.Storage device that stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating rigid disks with magnetic surfaces. The device is either permanently installed within the computer case or can be portable. | Hard Drive | 4. 4.Printed circuit board on which the CPU, RAM chips and other electronic circuit elements of a digital computer are frequently located. | Motherboard | 5. 5.Random Access Memory - temporary place to store material that works quickly. erased when computer turns off. Volatile. | RAM | 6. 6.The most common keyboard arrangement, named for the first letters across the top row. | QWERTY | 7. 7.A hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad. | Mouse | 8. 8.A cable that connects portable media (usually) or other hardware directly to computer. | USB | 9. 9.An input device, output device, or secondary storage device that is not part of the central processing unit (CPU). | Peripherals | 10. 10.A hardware device used to make a paper copy of what is created on the computer. | Printer | 11. 11.A device that converts printed documents into digital file formats. | Scanner | 12. 12.An output device that allows you to hear voice, music, and other sounds from your computer. | Speakers | 13. 13.An optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen. | Projector | 14. 14.Any list of instructions for computer to follow that is stored in the computer's memory. | Software | 15. 15.(computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services. | Operating System | 16. 16. Online tool for storing and sharing documents including slides, spreadsheets, and compositions. | Google Docs | 17. 17.set of programs that are clouded that allow you to do different tasks on the internet. | Google Apps | 18. 18.A portable computer that uses a touchscreen as its primary input device. Most tablets are slightly small and weigh less than the average laptop. Most are touchscreen. | Tablet | 19. 19.Small general-purpose computers that can generally fit into the palm of your hand. | Mobile Device | 20. 20.A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving. | Stylus |
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