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. Nancy Rupard: Graduated from Southern Boone High School in 1971, lived in Florida for 18 years where she worked as a Police Officer. | she WAS NOT a police officer in Florida. | 2. Diana Smith: was one of 7 children, has been out of high school for 30 years, and has been married for 20 years. | Diana has NOT been out of high school for 30 years | 3. Missy Kirmse: Was born and raised in Ashland, Missouri, has two sons, one of whom was adopted and born in Guatemala, and loves to go fishing, hunting, and camping with her husband and sons. | fishing, hunting and camping are NOT among her favorites! | 4. Glenda Gilmore: Has 3 dogs and 2 cats, Run/walks 3 miles everyday because she loves to make and eat homemade ice cream. | she only has one dog and one cat | 5. Phyllis Weter: is the proud mother of 2 daughters and 2 grandsons, has worked for 6 superintendents, and has been known to misplace her keys! | 2 sons, 2 granddaughters. | 6. Victoria Ballew: traveled the country inspecting hotels and restaurants, was in remedial math freshman year of college, and took ballet in jr. high. | has never danced ballet! | 7. Leta Sapp: Has been happily married to Sam for 27 years, has piloted an airplane, and has participated in several 5Ks and 3 half marathons. | Leta's sweetheart is Rodney | 8. Dannette Liles: was a non-tradiational college student and worked full-time as a paraeducator. Her first job offer in education was to be the Director of Special Services and the sole Special Education Services provider for K-12. During her first year of teaching, she successfully managed a caseload of 26 K-5 students. | success first year is lie | 9. Susan Blackburn: is allergic to hand soap, once met Clint Eastwood on a skiing trip in Colorado, and graduated from Southern Boone. | never met clint eastwood | 10. Lisa Borgmeyer: loves to color with chalk, as a child, she raised turkeys, ducks, swans and geese and would train the birds to follow her around the yard and do tricks, but she is deathly afraid of chipmunks. | she DOES NOT enjoy coloring with chalk. | 11. Christa Herron: Christa's dream has always been to become a teacher, she loves to travel experience different cultures and would happily live abroad if she could and many people think she is "radical" because she enjoys breaking barriers. | not her dream to be a teacher | 12. Adrian Cummings: Completed a 12 hour workout challenge this summer that took him all around Kansas City, has completed three full marathons in under 4 hours, took a trip to South America for seven days to attend a family reunion. | Adrian did not complete three full marathons in under 4 hours. | 13. Debbie Reed: was in Kindergarten when her husband was a senior in high school, just ran her first marathon last spring, and had more people on her dorm floor than in her whole hometown. | you will not find Debbie running. | 14. Kristen Long: Once sledded down a mountain in the Alps, vacationed in Berlin when the temperature was 15 below 0, and had first skydiving experience in Dublin, Ireland. | no skydiving | 15. Christa Fegan: While traveling abroad met her husband, Andrew, who was born in Germany, is an avid hockey fan, and has taught Kinder-6th grades and got to work with some of my former teachers. | Christa's husband was born in Germany, but she met him in California where she taught for several years. | 16. Karen Scaboo: Has lived in four different states. While on a cruise, she carried a whistle, waterproof matches, and a reflective mirror around her neck in case of an emergency and she is very allergic to cats. | If the ship went down, Karen had her whistle so she could save herself just like Rose on the Titanic!! | 17. Meghan Turner: was born on Friday the 13th, loves watching movies, and has visited all three countries in North America. | Meghan does NOT like to watch movies! | 18. Brooke Kline: Born in Indiana, spent a summer abroad in Italy, has two sisters. | only one younger sister | 19. Emily Marschall: Previously lived in Ashland, was a non-traditional graduate student with a degree in World Religion and Conflict Resolution, and was awarded an honorary PhD in perseverance for returning to graduate school after the birth of each of her two children. | Emily did live in Ashland....OREGON, and has an undergrad degree in World Religion and Conflict Resolution, but was NOT awarded an honorary PhD in perseverance... | 20. Beth Cheavens: her first job was in a 300 bed facility where she was assigned the lock-down unit. After that she worked in Hawaii as a travel therapist. Beth has worked as a Speech/Lang Pathologist for 14 years, but Southern Boone will be her first job in a school setting. | did not work as a travel therapist in Hawaii. |
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