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. In the book, BEFORE COLUMBUS, what is the title of CHAPTER 10? | Land of Fire | 2. What text feature did you use to answer question #1?2 | Table of Contents2 | 3. In the book, THE GREAT RACE, on which page could you read more about an engine block?3 | twenty-one3 | 4. What text feature did you use to answer question #3?4 | Index4 | 5. How does the book, HOW CASTLES WERE BUILT, define BAILEY?5 | the large enclosed courtyard of an early castle5 | 6. Which text feature gave you the answer to #5?6 | glossary6 | 7. In the book, I. M. PEI, what is the SUBTITLE on page 8?7 | August 19357 | 8. What does the subtitle from question #7 help you to know?8 | When Pei came to the U.S.8 | 9. On page 48 of the book, WILD HORSES, what does the CAPTION at the top of the page help you to understand?9 | zebras fight for a dominant role in the herd9 | 10. In the book, LET ME PLAY, what could you infer from the PICTURE on page 24?10 | women were asking for equal jobs10 | 11. According to the MAP on the cover page of the book, ACROSS AMERICA ON AN IMMIGRANT TRAIN, what states did the Central Pacific Railroad run through?11 | Nevada, Utah, California11 | 12. The DIAGRAM on page 115 of THEIR SKELETONS SPEAK helps us to understand what facts about the bones?12 | how long they were exposed12 | 13. Use the TEXT BOX on page 14 of GUINEA PIG SCIENTISTS to tell how many sweat glands are in a typical human?13 | three million13 | 14. According to the GRAPH on page 52 of G IS FOR GOOGOL, what is the favorite food in Mr. Omnivore's class?14 | bird brains14 | 15. What does the FLOW CHART on page 102 of SCIENCE IN SPORTS show us?15 | differences in bouncing balls (with topspin, backspin, or none)15 |
In the book, BEFORE COLUMBUS, what is the title of CHAPTER 10?&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 15)
What text feature did you use to answer question #1?2&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 15)
In the book, THE GREAT RACE, on which page could you read more about an engine block?3&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 15)
What text feature did you use to answer question #3?4&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 15)
How does the book, HOW CASTLES WERE BUILT, define BAILEY?5&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 15)
Which text feature gave you the answer to #5?6&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 15)
In the book, I. M. PEI, what is the SUBTITLE on page 8?7&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 15)
What does the subtitle from question #7 help you to know?8&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 15)
On page 48 of the book, WILD HORSES, what does the CAPTION at the top of the page help you to understand?9&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 15)
In the book, LET ME PLAY, what could you infer from the PICTURE on page 24?10&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 15)
According to the MAP on the cover page of the book, ACROSS AMERICA ON AN IMMIGRANT TRAIN, what states did the Central Pacific Railroad run through?11&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 15)
The DIAGRAM on page 115 of THEIR SKELETONS SPEAK helps us to understand what facts about the bones?12&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 15)
Use the TEXT BOX on page 14 of GUINEA PIG SCIENTISTS to tell how many sweat glands are in a typical human?13&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 15)
According to the GRAPH on page 52 of G IS FOR GOOGOL, what is the favorite food in Mr. Omnivore's class?14&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 15)
What does the FLOW CHART on page 102 of SCIENCE IN SPORTS show us?15&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 15)
