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 is black and brown that sits on a wall | the tables | 2. I am green and have multiple levels for a treasure hunter to traverse, but you should start at the top | the green wing | 3. Where can you review important information about the location you need to go | the media center | 4. You are in need of assistance with some sediments that you collected | the science department | 5. In order to understand the report from the scientists you need help with creating a formula, so you need to go here | the math department | 6. Before you can continue with your search, you need a computer to input some data because your was ran over by the jeep, so you need to go where there are plenty of Google desktops | the computer lab downstairs | 7. You stumble and fall, which results in a broken arm | the nurses' office | 8. Your team is now whole again but are afraid you and your team are in danger, who helps you with this | the administrators in the green wing | 9. The possible threat is eliminated, back to your search for the lost city, which makes you hungry | the cafeteria | 10. Your skills are paying off, but you are running out of resources rapidly, where in this environment do you go to ask for assistance | the counselors' office | 11. The local military is harassing you, but you have a friend in the Air Force, so you decide to go see him | the ROTC office | 12. The military threat is gone, so you continue on your search, but you hear music in the distance and decide to investigate | the band room | 13. After a brief detour to enjoy the local music, you continue but find get lost because your map is ripping, and you end up in a green pasture with people speaking different languages | the downstairs green wing | 14. Thankfully, one of your team members recognizes the language and asks for directions back to the right path, he relays the message which states to follow a majestic bird in flight of red, yellow, and orange and coming out of a cave | the phoenix on the second floor | 15. You follow the phoenix to the golden brick road | the gold wing | 16. While following the golden brick road, you see the treasure in a temple that is guarded by a green knight | room 2318 |
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