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. It's time for a Library Scavenger Hunt! You will work with your team to collect words in different places in the library. Go to the cookbooks and scan the QR code taped to the toaster. Write down the word that it shows, then go to the next location. Good luck! | intro | 2. If you were looking for the COOKBOOKS you are in the right spot! Write down the word “OPEN” on your paper, then go to the books about football. Scan the QR code near the football books. | OPEN | 3. If you were looking for the FOOTBALL books you are in the right spot! Write down the words “ONE EYE” on your paper, then go to the fiction books written by Barbara Park (F Par) and scan the QR code taped to the shelf in this area. | ONE EYE | 4. If you were looking for the BARBARA PARK BOOKS you are in the right spot. Write down the word “SLEEP” on your paper, then go to the fairy tale books. Be sure to scan the QR code to get your next word. | SLEEP | 5. If you were looking for the FAIRY TALES you are in the right spot! Write down the word “DOLPHINS” on your paper, then go to the dictionaries in our reference section. Scan the QR code in that section next. | DOLPHINS | 6. If you were looking for the DICTIONARIES you are in the right spot! Write down the word “WITH” – now, put those words/phrases together into a sentence that tells a fact about dolphins and take your paper to your teacher. | WITH |
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