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. How much did the gold license cost? | one pound. | 2. Who plays with the marbles,the boys or the girls? | The boys. | 3. What colour is the eureka flag? | Blue and white. | 4. Who plays with the jacks,the boys or the girls? | The girls. | 5. How did the Eureka flag look like? | A cross with a star on the end. | 6. What is the largest nugget found? | Welcome stranger. | 7. What is the second biggest nugget’s name? | The welcome nugget. | 8. Who killed Scottie Scobie? | James Bentley. | 9. What year did the Stockade occur? | 1854 |
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