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 did the woman where in the 1850s? | dresses | 2. What is the largest nugget ever found? | the Welcome Stranger | 3. Did the woman mine in 1851? | not many did, but they could | 4. Did the Chinese dig above below the ground or both? | only above because they didn’t want to disturb the gods | 5. How was Scotty Scobie die? | he was hit on the head by a shovel | 6. Who killed Scotty Scobie? | James Bentley | 7. What were the police wanting to see from the miners? | gold licenses | 8. How many stars are on the eureka flag? | five 5 | 9. What suburb is sovereign hill in? | Ballarat | 10. What is the most popular sweet in sovereign hill? | raspberry drops |
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