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. Used to be cracked but now it's smooth, bring a ball to show off some moves | Basketball Court | 2. The cat holds the key to your next mystery | Black Cat Books | 3. Go to the place you pretend doesn't exist until summer ends and the learning persists | School | 4. Argh! All you need now is a ship and a crew for this next clue | Cannon | 5. Let this next hint send you away, once carried by pigeons and now by people all you need is a stamp | Post Office | 6. Go to the place where ghosts of people passed linger | Cemetery | 7. Van Go(gh) to your next artful hint | Art Gallery | 8. Back to the beginning where snacks are won, you'll find your final clue to be done | Snack Machine | 9. Under the branches is where the chest stays, there's treasure to find so don't delay | Under the big tree in the front |
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