What a better way to celebrate a special day like a birthday party or a school celebration than to do a scavenger hunt? Using QR codes and Google maps for your scavenger hunt will make things more efficiently. You will have the offline and online world together helping you create better clues with online resources than otherwise, you could not use.
In today’s post, we will be talking about how to create a unique QR code that will point to a specific place of a map on Google maps. Let’s dive into how to start a scavenger hunt with google maps and QR codes.
What is a QR code?
A QR code is a two-dimensional barcode that allows access to specific information in an agile and straightforward way and can be quickly scanned using any modern mobile device. When scanned, the mobile device automatically launches a web browser to direct the user to a website or other action.
Google Maps and QR codes for a Scavenger Hunt at School
Create a scavenger hunt in your own classroom by adding URLs of historic places on google maps into the QR codes. Then you can paste them in the walls of your class and create a tour for the students to learn about plans, QR codes and historic places.
How can I add the URL of a historic place into a QR code?
Go to Google Maps and enter the destination you want your students to know about (e.g., Egypt pyramids). Make sure the map is the way you want it to look when someone scans the QR code.
Click on “menu” and then select “share or embed map.”
Select “share link and click in the “short URL” box.
Now, go to uQR.me QR code generator, click on create a QR code and follow the instructions below:
Put your QR Code on a card or piece of paper for your students to scan with mobile devices. Make sure to number and add instructions to each card so you can keep track of what your students see and learn.
Google Maps and QR codes for a Birthday Scavenger Hunts
Follow the steps above to get each link for different places of the map. If you are just using the QR codes to hide clues, make sure to print them with a small question os instruction so everybody can follow the game and know what they are asked to do. Make sure you have a planning of your desire tour. Then with the help of uQR.me QR code generator create QR codes for your clues and rewards.
Make sure to place them accurately through your neighborhood or the place where you will have the scavenger hunt.
Have the kids and explore and find clues to solve all the mysteries and get the final reward at the end of the scavenger hunt.
Conclusions
Creating a QR code is easier than ever, just follow our little gif tutorial to create an amazing and unique QR code that you can use over and over again if you print it, thanks to the dynamic capability they have. This means, that your QR code will be recyclable, you can change the URL your QR codes point to at any time and you won’t need to print it again.
We have explained to you another two fun ways to use QR codes both at school or at home. QR codes have many uses and they are not all of them related to marketing, if you can imagine it, you can make it alive with QR code. Just start playing with our QR code generator thanks to the free trial and tell us what ideas are you putting into practice!
