QR Challenge: Getting to Know (or remember) the Library

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

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!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. The Circulation desk is where you go to Check-out and Check-in all books. What favorite new book of Mrs. Carlsons' is hiding in the book drop box?	The Crossover
2. You are in the Fiction Section of the Library. Find the name of one author whose LAST NAME starts with the same letter as yours. What is the title of the book?	various answers
3. Picture books can be fun and exciting to read even when you are older. How many picture books do we have by the author Seuss?	15
4. Story Collections are books that have multiple stories inside of one book. What is the third short story title in the book THE CURSE OF THE CAMPFIRE WEENIES by David Lubar?	Spin
5. The biography section has books that are about certain people. Please take one bookmark for each of you from beside the "S" biography section. Using your bookmark, What is the definition of a Autobiography?	The story of a real person's life that is written by that person.
6. What are Mrs. Carlson's guidelines when browsing the library? Check under the pillow sign on the whiteboard	Always Walk and Always Whisper
7. This is the nonfiction section of the library. The books are arranged by numbers that represent topics. What is the topic of the books found with the number 597?	sharks or fish
8. The reference section of the library houses dictionaries, thesauruses, atlases, and World Books. Using the very large dictionary to your right. Find page 1500 and give me at least one definition of the word READ.	various answers
9. This is the Fire Escape Route for the Library. What room number do we go to for a Tornado Drill?	153
10. These are the circulation computers where you can look up books. Type in the word CARMAN and search by author. How many books in our library have been written by Patrick Carman?	18 books
11. This is the reading area. When you come into class enter quietly, check the board for who has couch, pillows, or puzzle table. Then have a seat and be ready for me to read to you. What is the title and author of the first book I am reading to you? It is located on the brown chair.	various answers

 

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