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. Mrs. Downen | 2. You can check out 4 books for 2 weeks. | 3. No, but if materials are lost or stolen YOU are responsible for the cost of the items. | 4. Yes, and you must sign in and out. | 5. No, they are for library use only, so sit down and read here. | 6. No, the other one is for student use. Ewww! Wash your hands! | 7. Yes, but for school assignments. Make sure you selected the correct printer. | 8. Fiction books are stories that are NOT true. You read fiction more for entertainment and enjoyment. | 9. Fiction books are organized alphabetically by the author's last name. | 10. The Dewey Decimal System is how the library classifies books by grouping like subjects into 10 categories. | 11. Nonfiction books are true and about real people, places, events, and things. You read nonfiction for information. | 12. Nonfiction books are shelved by their subject's category using the Dewey Decimal System. | 13. A call number is a label on the book's spine that helps locate where to find the book. |
Mrs. Downen&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 13)
You can check out 4 books for 2 weeks.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 13)
No, but if materials are lost or stolen YOU are responsible for the cost of the items.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 13)
Yes, and you must sign in and out.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 13)
No, they are for library use only, so sit down and read here.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 13)
No, the other one is for student use. Ewww! Wash your hands!&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 13)
Yes, but for school assignments. Make sure you selected the correct printer.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 13)
Fiction books are stories that are NOT true. You read fiction more for entertainment and enjoyment.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 13)
Fiction books are organized alphabetically by the author's last name.&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 13)
The Dewey Decimal System is how the library classifies books by grouping like subjects into 10 categories.&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 13)
Nonfiction books are true and about real people, places, events, and things. You read nonfiction for information.&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 13)
Nonfiction books are shelved by their subject's category using the Dewey Decimal System.&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 13)
A call number is a label on the book's spine that helps locate where to find the book.&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 13)
