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. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock? | Keyboard | 2. What country has the world’s 11th largest population? | Japan | 3. How many people migrated to Australia since 1945? | Six million | 4. The next question will be where you would find the answer to this riddle: What building has the most stories? | Library | 5. What colour appears on both the German and French flag? | Blue - the code could be on the roman house guy | 6. The Sydney Metropolitan area is made up of 29 Indigenous clans. What are they collectively known as? (HINT: You have seen the answer in your English rooms and maybe the art room) | Eora Nation | 7. Apart from English, name two of the most common languages spoken in Australia | Mandarin and Arabic |
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