QR Challenge: The Mystery of School #11
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
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
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
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!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. 1. Evaluation of 83 × 82 × 8-5 is ….. Come to this classroom and find another QR-code! | 1
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2. 2. What goes up and down but never moves? How many steps does it have? The answer to this riddle is the place and number of the next classroom where you should find another QR-codes. | Stairs
| 3. 6. Solve the riddle: Tear off my skin and I won't cry, but you will. Come into the place where I can be. | Onion
| 4. 7. What two things can you never eat for breakfast? Take photos of this and show your teacher of English | lunch and dinner
| 5. 8. What writes but sometimes die, never needs to sharpen, always there to lend a right, and give me a click and lets get it going? Take a photo of this | pen
| 6. In the place of the book. Find another code here and take photo of this place | library
| 7. 10. Congratulations! Find the crossword and solve it. The clue word is the next place where you should be | 12
| 8. 11. You’re so persistent! I’m afraid you’ll find an artifact…. Solve the Math quizzes. If you show solution of them your Math teacher, you’ll get the precious clue and some points. Find the number in the Math puzzle and proceed to this class | 8
| 9. With chalk to me you reach | BLACKBOARD
| 10. Find me right on here | desk
| 11. The prize here does alight. Find this thing in the school. The next code is near it! | piano
| 12. The clue is hidden in this abode. Come to this place. | INTERNET LAB
| 13. To further this puzzle transaction | SCIENCE LAB |
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1. Evaluation_of_83_×_82_×_8-5_is__….._Come_to_this_classroom_and_find_another_QR-code!
Question 1 (of 13)
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=2. What_goes_up_and_down_but_never_moves?_How_many_steps_does_it_have?_The_answer_to_this_riddle_is_the_place_and_number_of_the_next_classroom_where_you_should_find_another_QR-codes.
Question 2 (of 13)
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=6. Solve_the_riddle:_Tear_off_my_skin_and_I_won't_cry,_but_you_will._Come_into_the_place_where_I_can_be.
Question 3 (of 13)
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=7. What_two_things_can_you_never_eat_for_breakfast?_Take_photos_of_this_and_show_your_teacher_of_English
Question 4 (of 13)
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=8. What_writes_but_sometimes_die,_never_needs_to_sharpen,_always_there_to_lend_a_right,_and_give_me_a_click_and_lets_get_it_going?_Take_a_photo_of_this
Question 5 (of 13)
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_the_place_of_the_book._Find_another_code_here_and_take_photo_of_this_place
Question 6 (of 13)
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=10. Congratulations!_Find_the_crossword_and_solve_it._The_clue_word_is_the_next_place_where_you_should_be
Question 7 (of 13)
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=11. You’re_so_persistent!_I’m_afraid_you’ll_find_an_artifact…._Solve_the_Math_quizzes._If_you_show_solution_of_them_your_Math_teacher,_you’ll_get_the_precious_clue_and_some_points._Find_the_number_in_the_Math_puzzle_and_proceed_to_this_class
Question 8 (of 13)
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=With_chalk_to_me_you_reach
Question 9 (of 13)
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find_me_right_on_here
Question 10 (of 13)
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_prize_here_does_alight._Find_this_thing_in_the_school._The_next_code_is_near_it!
Question 11 (of 13)
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_clue_is_hidden_in_this_abode._Come_to_this_place.
Question 12 (of 13)
The Mystery of School #11: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=To_further_this_puzzle_transaction
Question 13 (of 13)
