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. What is Montgomery Library's mission statement | In partnership with teachers, the Montgomery Library program provides equitable access to all forms of informaiton and empowers students to be enthusiastic readers, critical thinkers, skillful researchers, ethical users of information and producers of ideas in a global society. | 2. How do you get to the Montgomery Library catalog | Greenhill website, Montgomery library, catalog. | 3. What are Montgomery Library's hours | Monday-Thursday: 7:30-6, Friday: 7:30-4 | 4. How many books come up if you search "hornets?" | 3 | 5. Where is "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest" located? | F LAR | 6. Where would a book beginning with the call number LSC be located | Lower School Library | 7. Where would you find the library databases | Greenhill website, Montgomery Libary, Electronic Resources | 8. Where is the smart board located | The library computer lab | 9. Where are the DVDs | The workroom | 10. What is the purpose of the meditation room | This room honors our need-as students and adults-to experience silence for reflection, meditation, or prayer. | 11. How many conference rooms are there | 1 | 12. Where is the copy machine | The workroom | 13. What is the wireless network printing number for Montgomery Library's printer | 10.3.0.70 | 14. What range of call numbers is closest to the bathrooms | 700 | 15. How many legends (people that have worked at Greenhill 25+ years) are there | 52 | 16. What does the call number for the Graphic Novels begin with | GN | 17. Where is the reference | sunken area | 18. What call numbers are the nurses office by | 600 | 19. What collection is located by Ms. Tirrell's office | PL |
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