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. I go here to turn in my books and check them out | checkout counter | 2. I go here to find true information about animals or things | nonfiction | 3. I go here to read chapter books that are not true | fiction | 4. I go here to read books that have lots of pictures | Everybody | 5. I go here to read true books about people | Biography | 6. I go here to hear the librarian read and teach us lessons | Reading Room | 7. I go here to do research online or use the library catalog | Computers | 8. This section has books in Spanish | Spanish Section | 9. These books are shelved together by series like the Magic Treehouse | Chapter Series Books |
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