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. 1. What is the name of the Media Center Staff | Jackie Rapp, Tina Corley, Penny Cannon | 2. 2. Where does the fiction section of the library end | second book case | 3. 3. What is the name of the on-line card catalog | Destiny | 4. 4. What does periodicals mean, where do you locate this information | dictionary | 5. 5. Where is the Biography Section located | middle of the library | 6. 6. Where are the South Carolina Young Adult Nominees located | on first book shelf | 7. 7. Locate the book Elsewhere, who is the author, how many pages does this book have | Gabriella Zevin | 8. 8. Locate career encyclopedias, list the title and publication information listed on this book, how many volumes | 5 Encyclopedia of Careers | 9. 9. Do we have playaways and audio books locate them | third book shelf and yes | 10. 10. Locate books titled America in the 20th Century, how many volumes | 10 reference section |
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