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. I may not be royalty, but I am often a king and a queen. Sometimes I even have a twin | bed | 2. I run all day and night, but manage to keep cool. My yummy food will make you drool2 | fridge2 | 3. I can be any color you want, but when I'm off I am black. You like to look at me and eat a snack3 | TV3 | 4. I have a few drawers and a nice flat top. For work I’m helpful — Keep working. Don’t stop4 | Desk4 | 5. When it snows, gather near me and warm your toes5 | fireplace5 | 6. A story, they say, can take you to a place far away. But a book still needs a place to stay6 | bookshelf6 |
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