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. Draw what 4:20 would look like.Go to the library for your 2nd code... | clock | 2. 2. Draw what 10:50 would look like.Go to the hall for code number 3... | clock | 3. 3. Draw what 2:35 would look like.Any other codes in the hall? | clock | 4. 4. How many seconds are in 3 minutes?Look by the Lost Property wall for your next code... | 180 | 5. 5. How many minutes are in 2 hours?Roald Dahl might have the next code... | 120 | 6. 6. If you leave your house at 8:15 in the morning and arrive at school at 8:35, how many minutes has it taken you to get there?Look by the staff room for your next code... | 20 | 7. 7. A trip to Cardiff takes 35 minutes and a trip to Swansea takes 19 minutes. Which is the quickest trip?How many minutes quicker is it?Auntie Donna's door may have the next clue... | 16 minutes and Swansea | 8. 8. It takes Santa 2 hours 10 minutes to get to Resolven from the North Pole.How many minutes does it take him?Go the yard for code number 9... | 130 | 9. 9. Morning play at Ynysfach starts at 10:30am and finishes at 10:45 am.Lunchtime starts at 12:00pm and finishes at 12:45.How many hours in total is this?Any other codes in the yard? | 1 hour | 10. 10. Year 4 get on the school bus at 9:15am for their school trip and arrive at 9:50am.How many minutes were they on the bus?If they leave at 3:00pm, what time will they arrive back at school?Go to the classroom for your score! | 35 minutes and 3:35pm |
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