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. Where is the capitol of Idaho? | Boise | 2. Which city in Idaho was the first to be powered by nuclear power? | Arco | 3. Idaho has the deepest canyon in North America, what is it called? | Hells Canyon | 4. Which falls on the Snake River is higher than Niagra Falls? | Shoshone Falls | 5. What is Idaho's state bird? | mountain bluebird | 6. What is Idaho's state animal? | Appaloosa horse | 7. What is Idaho's state flower? | syringa | 8. What is Idaho's state tree? | Western White Pine | 9. What is Idaho's state gem? | star garnet | 10. What is Idaho's state fossil? | Hagerman Horse | 11. What does the saying "esto perpetua," which is located on the state seal, mean? | May it be forever | 12. How large is the state of Idaho? | 83,557 square feet | 13. What are the six states that border Idaho? | Oregon, Washington, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana | 14. What are four towns in Idaho with the word "falls" in their name? | Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, American Falls, Post Falls | 15. What is the largest cave in Idaho called? | Minnetonka Cave | 16. What is the INEEL? | Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory is a center for nuclear research in Arco |
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