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.
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1. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | historical fiction | 2. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | mystery | 3. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | modern realistic fiction | 4. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | adventure | 5. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | LOL | 6. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | romance | 7. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | sports | 8. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | chick lit | 9. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | graphic novels | 10. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | picture books | 11. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | science fiction | 12. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | fantasy | 13. What type of genre section is located in this section of the WGMS Library? List the title of 3 books in this genre. | horror | 14. How many books are you allowed to check out? | 3 | 15. What do you need to tell the person who is checking out the books to you? | student ID number | 16. What are 3 different magazine titles available for check out at the WGMS library? | student choice | 17. Find a book you would like to read in Destiny Quest. Which section of the library would you find it? | student choice | 18. What does YA mean and why is this sticker on some books? | YA means young adult and the content is more mature. | 19. What type of books can be found at this location in the WGMS Library? | the current Lone Star and Bluebonnet nominated books |
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