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. 1. This author lives in Boone, North Carolina | Gail E. Haley | 2. 2. Who wrote The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree? | Gloria Houston | 3. 3. This author writes chapter books such as The Cay | Theodore Taylor | 4. 4. Which author won the Caldecott award for her African folktale? | Gail E. Haley | 5. 5. What do we call the NC folktales featuring a character who is lucky and lazy? | Jack Tales | 6. 6. What was the title of the book about Gloria Houston\'s Aunt who was a teacher? | My Great Aunt Arizon | 7. 7. What is the call number for a folktale? | 398.2 | 8. 8. The Green Man is a legend from what country? | England | 9. 9. Jack and the Fire Dragon is a story about what phenomenon in N.C.? | The Brown Mountain Lights | 10. 10. The story of the Great Dismal Swamp is told in which Jack Tale? | Wicked Jack |
1. This author lives in Boone, North Carolina
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2. Who wrote The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree?
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3. This author writes chapter books such as The Cay
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4. Which author won the Caldecott award for her African folktale?
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5. What do we call the NC folktales featuring a character who is lucky and lazy?
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6. What was the title of the book about Gloria Houston\'s Aunt who was a teacher?
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7. What is the call number for a folktale?
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8. The Green Man is a legend from what country?
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9. Jack and the Fire Dragon is a story about what phenomenon in N.C.?
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10. The story of the Great Dismal Swamp is told in which Jack Tale?
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