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 the author of Breadcrumbs? Find a QR code at the location of this book on the shelf | Anne Ursa | 2. | 3. Sharon Creech has written a lot of books. Look up all her books to find one about Granny Torrelli. What does Granny Torrelli make? | Soup | 4. | 5. Using the SUBJECT search option to look for books about whatever it is that Granny Torrelli makes. Find the next QR code on the shelf by the book returned that has Mr. Putter and Tabby in it. | R RYL | 6. | 7. Take a copy of the final QR code to the QR station to see if you are a winner! | winner |
Who is the author of Breadcrumbs? Find a QR code at the location of this book on the shelf&choe=UTF-8
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Sharon Creech has written a lot of books. Look up all her books to find one about Granny Torrelli. What does Granny Torrelli make?&choe=UTF-8
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Using the SUBJECT search option to look for books about whatever it is that Granny Torrelli makes. Find the next QR code on the shelf by the book returned that has Mr. Putter and Tabby in it.&choe=UTF-8
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Take a copy of the final QR code to the QR station to see if you are a winner!&choe=UTF-8
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