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. Who is Fritz and who is he modeled after | a white terrier hidden in each book that VanAllsburg's brother-in-law owned | 2. How many children does VanAllsburg have | two daughters | 3. What did Chris' father do for a living | he owned a dairy | 4. What is the type of story a writer ends up telling | the type of story a writer has experienced or dreamed | 5. How did VanAllsburg get into art school | He lied to the Admittance Office about his art experience | 6. What is a Caldecott Medal | An award for the best picture book of the year | 7. How did VanAllsburg get into drawing illustrations for children's books | At night he drew pictures for stories his wife wrote for her third grade students |
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