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. Name 3 things every title page has | Title, Author, Publisher | 2. Name one piece of information found on a verso | Publisher, City, Year, ISBN | 3. Name the 2 attributes of a Contents Page | Chapters, page numbers | 4. What is an Index? | A list of subjects found in the book, in alphabetical order | 5. What is a glossary? | Helps you to find the meaning of tricky words in the book | 6. What special system do we use to shelve non-fiction books? | Dewey Decimal System | 7. Who is Melville Dewey? | Creator of the Dewey Decimal System | 8. Where would I find a book about animals? | 500's | 9. Where would I find a book about Australia? | 994 | 10. Where would I find a book about friendships? | 100's | 11. Where would I find a book about Drawing? | 700's | 12. Where would I find a book about Christmas? | 300's | 13. Where would I find a book about joke and riddles? | 800's | 14. Where would I find a book about sign language? | 400's | 15. Where would I find a book about pets? | 600's | 16. Where would I find a book about money? | 300's | 17. Where would I find a book about travel? | 900's |
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