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. The library catalog will be very helpful when you want to search for a book. This question is going to help you learn different ways of searching for books in the Casey library catalog. How many books does Casey have with the words "Middle School" in the title? | 38 If this is not the answer you found, try typing "Middle School into the search box and click on Title. The catalog will then tell you the number of books that Casey has with the words "Middle School" in their title. | 2. A title search helps you to find books when you know the title of the book or part of it. Sometimes you do not know that name of the book, but you know that you need to find a book about a specific topic. When you need a book on a specific topic, but you do not know the title or author, you can do a Subject search. Try searching for materials on Energy and tell me how many sources the Casey library has. | 25 If this is not the answer you found, try typing "Energy" into the search box and click on Subject. This will tell you all of the materials classified by the subject Energy. | 3. What is a biography? (a) A book written about many different topics in biology. (b) A book written about different foods found all over the world. (c) A book written about another person's life. (d) A book written about various mountain formations | C A book written about another person's life. | 4. How are the books in the biography section organized? Hint: Look at the call number (the label on the bottom of the book spine.) (a) The books are organized by size. (b) The books are organized by the author's last name. (c) The books are organized by color. (d)The books are organized by the subject's (or the person being written about) last name. | D The books are organized by the subject's last name. | 5. Look at the call numbers for all of the picture books. What does every call number have in common on each book? | If you noticed that all of the call numbers begin with E you pay very close attention to detail! |
The library catalog will be very helpful when you want to search for a book. This question is going to help you learn different ways of searching for books in the Casey library catalog. How many books does Casey have with the words "Middle School" in the title?&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 5)
A title search helps you to find books when you know the title of the book or part of it. Sometimes you do not know that name of the book, but you know that you need to find a book about a specific topic. When you need a book on a specific topic, but you do not know the title or author, you can do a Subject search. Try searching for materials on Energy and tell me how many sources the Casey library has.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 5)
What is a biography? (a) A book written about many different topics in biology. (b) A book written about different foods found all over the world. (c) A book written about another person's life. (d) A book written about various mountain formations&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 5)
How are the books in the biography section organized? Hint: Look at the call number (the label on the bottom of the book spine.) (a) The books are organized by size. (b) The books are organized by the author's last name. (c) The books are organized by color. (d)The books are organized by the subject's (or the person being written about) last name.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 5)
Look at the call numbers for all of the picture books. What does every call number have in common on each book?&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 5)
