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.
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1. Welcome teachers! We hope that you have enjoyed your long vacation. Now that you are back again, let's raise up the team spirit and have fun while discovering the building by looking for the codes that provide you with scrambled letters of the secRet word. Find the hidden letter in this text and continue your search for the other codes. The first team to have the word complete is the winner. But wait.. It's not that simple! In order to find the other codes, you have to decode the texts that provide you with clues of where the next code is. Is your team up for the challenge?? Take a deep breath and be ready to burn half of the calories that you accumulated during the vacation. Now Decrypt the following message (shift of three) to find out the location of the next code. BUDPLUS URROI WVULI | reception | 2. Well done! you are well versed in the alphabet. Would you like to do some math before moving to the next location? Solve the following equation and continue your journey. litter-tter+bear+y (e=r). Do not forgt to save the hidden letter | floors | 3. Wonderful teachers! Now go to the CA T to fiNnd the next code | library | 4. Move your EYES to the paper and try to figure out what the following sentence is --. --- - --- - .... . -.-. --- ..- .-. - -.-- .- .-. -.. | canteen | 5. Hello again detectives, you're almost done. You must have sweated, but it's fine.. you can grab some water from a cold place pefore you continue | courtyard | 6. Hopefully you are energized now after drinking some water. Find the place of the last code here. CLBUTLBCLURCLBBUECLLUUBECLUBB. You will need to crosss out some repeated letters | kitchen | 7. Congratulation colleagues!! You are a wonderful team. To get your treat, add the number of Ihsan school campuses in Turkey to the number of letters in Ihsan International School. Multiply the result by the grand opening day of Atakent branch, plus two. Divide the result by 5. auditorium=16, reception=20, Office=8 | tree |
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