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.What is the name of the country that the Pope originally came from? | Argentina. | 2. 2.What is the name of the country where the Pope now lives and is the headquarters for the Catholic Church? | The Holy See;Vatican City. | 3. 3.What is the name of the leader of the expedition who left the settlers on Roanoke Island? | John White. | 4. 4.Take the number that is in the thousandths place in this number: 23.465. Multiply that number times itself. Subtract 20. Multiply the answer by 10. What is the number? | 50 | 5. 5.Take the number of ducks currently in the duck cabinet. Subtract 325. Go to this page in the dictionary. Find the word that means "French castle or manor house." Write it down. | chateau. | 6. 6.Multiply 656 times 11 by using the trick we learned yesterday and showing your work in a diagram. | 7216. | 7. 7.What is the name of the female bully in "because of Mr. Terupt.?" | Alexia. | 8. 8.Come up with 2 "dollar words." | various answers. | 9. 9.What is the word value for Willow Springs Elementary? | 10. 10.Start with our room number.Add the digits together.Multiply the number by 22. Add the digits together.Add the digits of the answer together until you end up with one digit. What is the pattern? | Adds up to 9. |
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