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. In your assigned room is where you will receive your first clue | start | 2. This machine may be helpful as we prepare for the day. But can also be stressful when it’s jammed or out of paper in its tray | Copy Room | 3. This is the 1st place you will stop when you come in. This is where we sign in...by 7:10 | Sign In | 4. If students are hurt or feeling sick, send them here to get help. Please go quick | Nurse | 5. Run, pass, score...This is where the kids will learn about sports, games, and more | Gym | 6. If you want to be like Mozart, Doja or Jay Z, this is where you want to be | Music | 7. You visit this place to get snacks to munch. You also send your students here for their lunch | Cafeteria | 8. When students feel sad or bad, or need someone to talk to, this is the person that they need to speak to | Counselor's Suite | 9. Bulletin boards are covered with student work to see. Visit the place where the background paper is free | Work Room | 10. Let's go for a walk and take a look. Go to the place where you can borrow a book | Media Center | 11. Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are cool. This is where students would go if they could use it at school | Computer Lab | 12. Working with paint, scissors, and clay | Art Room | 13. This is the place every students wishes they could stay. Outside is where they run, jump, slide, and play | Recess | 14. You made it to dismissal without any fusses! Here’s where the students will get on the buses | Bus Lane | 15. This is where you will check for mail. Sorry... no riddle for this one | Front Office | 16. Return to the cafeteria, your hunt is done. The first to put together the puzzle is the team that has won | end |
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