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. 5.3247 + 3.0206 = | 8.3453 | 2. the capitol city of Japan is | Tokyo | 3. The tallest mountain in NZ is | Mount Cook | 4. The southern most town in NZ is | Invercargill | 5. The Leader of the National Party is | Simon Bridges | 6. The name of the Deputy Prime Minister is | Winston Peters | 7. Our principal's name is Mrs Percival true or false | False - Mrs Pentecost | 8. Mrs Duggan has bungee jumped true or false | False | 9. Mrs Duggan has sky dived true or false | True | 10. There are more boys than girls in Kotare true or false | False | 11. You are allowed to wear non-regulation uniform as long as you have a note | False - go to the student office and loan the items you need | 12. How long can a New Zealand Turtle hold it's breath underwater | over 11 mins | 13. What year was the Auckland Sky Tower built? | 1994 | 14. Mrs Duggan's middle name is? | Anne | 15. When was Katikati College first established and where? | Katikati School Secondary department in 1935 | 16. What is the Katikati College Vision Statement? | School Vision | 17. What are the symbols on our school crest? | Red Hand of Ulster, | 18. How long does it take you to walk around the 400m track twice? | answers may vary | 19. We won two Bronze medals at the recent Winter Olympics in speed skating, by two 40 year old men true or false | False - A campaign led by two 16-year-olds, Nico Porteous and Zoi Sadowski Synnott, who both picked up bronze this week in the ski halfpipe and snowboard big air respectively. | 20. The school roll is 943 true or false | False it is... |
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