QR Challenge: Beneath the Surface Scavenger Hunt!

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

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!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

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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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. 1. The Upstairs Circulation Desk is where you check out non-fiction books, and CD's or hold books! Name the people who are staffing the upstairs desk tonight! When you're done go downstairs to the Fiction section!	Miss Shannon and Mr. Carl!
2. 2. Fiction books are stories that are made up. True or False? Fiction books are organized by the Author's first or last name? Look for the next clue in the Large Print section!	True and last name!
3. 3. Look through the Fiction section and find the name of one author whose LAST NAME starts with the same letter as yours. Do this for your entire team. Write down that author's name! The next clue is in the Teen aisle!	named author
4. 4. Science Fiction, Mystery, and Adventure stories are a type of genre in literature. Look for a Mystery book in the Juvenile Fiction section. What is pictured on the Mystery sticker? The next clue is in the Juvenile non-fiction section!	A Sherlock Holmes type detective!
5. 5. Find an Italian cook book to help you cook a pizza! It could be upstairs!	go to upstairs cook books, next clue is in cooking section!
6. 6. Have you ever heard of a big book of words? Look in the big dictionary to define the word risotto. The next clue should be near the big dictionary!	A dish of rice cooked with broth...
7. 7. Using your Italian cookbook that you found, look in the index for risotto, a recipe for risotto can be found on what page? The next clue is where you return books upstairs!	Italian cookbook by Boni, pages 159, 163
8. 8. Looking at the QR code here, who is the game cartoon character pictured? Next clue is near the encyclopedias!	Put clue on book drop upstairs and put a picture of Mario next to it.
9. 9. Using the World Book Encyclopedia what year did the Titanic sink and how many smokestacks did the ship have? The next clue is by the Public Access Catalog Computer upstairs (where you search for books!)	world book page 299 4 smokestacks 1912 sunk
10. 10. Using the Public Access Catalog Computer type in the subject Titanic. How many items do we have here at the Ridley Library on the subject of the Titanic? The next clue is next to the Public Access Catalog Computer downstairs!	56 subject titles
11. 11. Using the downstairs Public Access Catalog Computer, search to see if we have a book about the Titanic by Allan Wolf. Is it available? The next clue is on the Juvenile Series shelf!	The Watch that ends the night by Allan Wolf.
12. 12. Where are the adult magazines? Find a QR code from the Delaware County Library System near the magazines and scan it. What is the program called that allows you to download magazines for free from home? Find your next clue by the CD shelves!	Zinio!
13. 13. Congratulations! You finished your scavenger hunt!!! Take your completed answer sheet to Miss Kim at the Reference desk and she'll give you your prize!! Don't you feel like a library expert now?	end of hunt

 

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