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. Bits weren’t used after the Nintendo 64, which was 64-bit. The Gamecube was twice as powerful as the ‘64. The Wii was three times as powerful as the Gamecube. If bits were used, how many bits would the Wii have? After calculating this, you will find the next QR code in the mess hall. | 384 | 2. Who is Shigeru Miyamoto to Nintendo? Solve this word scramble to find out: hTe trirDcoe. After you solve this, the next clue will be on the door of the room of many books. | The Director | 3. One of Nintendo's games is the 3rd best-selling game of all time. What was it? Solve this word scramble to find out. ékoPonm. Hint: this game is only portable and there is a TV show about it. Your next clue is in the QUEST microwave. | Pokemon | 4. Nintendo has made many successful game series. Solve this riddle to find out what game is a combination of all series: One with coins, One in green, One of shock, and one of flying star, all sometimes in a brawl, but always in a smash. Your fifth clue is on the auditorium door. | Super Smash Brothers | 5. When was the first gameboy thought of? Solve this equation to find the answer. (6000x2)/6-(50-29) Your next clue is by first room of computing tech. | 1979 | 6. Solve this equation to find out what year the Nintendo 64 was made. (15916 + 52)/8. After you solve this problem the next question will be outside of the room of six hoops. | 1996 | 7. DS was released 22 years less than 30 years, plus the Nintendo 64’s release date. The next clue is by Ms. Foster's room. | 2004 | 8. What does Leg Godt mean in English? Solve this word scramble to find out what it means. lpya lwle. Find your next question outside of the server room. | play well | 9. Nintendo is a gaming company that was founded and headquartered in Japan. Solve this word scramble to find what consoles they have made. The words are: dbluoe crenes, intndone 46, iwi, iiw u, ecamugeb, and eaybgmo. Your final clue is by Mr. Goodgame’s room. | Double Screen, Nintendo 64, Wii, Wii U, Gamecube, and Gameboy | 10. Solve this riddle to know the name of the new Legend of Zelda game: One’s scarf is blue, one’s shoulderpads are gold, one’s body is rock, one’s love is bugs, and one’s hair is long red. | Hyrule Warriors |
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