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. A large fish-eating bird with long, narrow wings and a white underside and crown | osprey | 2. A cavity in the ground that is caused by water erosion and provides a route for surface water to disappear underground. | sinkhole | 3. A subdivision of an army, typically consisting of a small number of infantry battalions and other units and forming part of a division. | brigade | 4. An excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by weakening of the artery wall. | aneurysm | 5. To cut off a limb by surgical operation | amputate |
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