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. Big Foot and UFOs sit in the J 001’s find this shelf and click on the QR to find your next stop. Here is your number 8 | eight | 2. We have all the Boy Scout Manuals to help you achieve your badges. Go to J Reference in the aisle behind the magazines to find them Here is your number 6 | six | 3. Find the J Non-fiction books on the Civil War somewhere in the J 973s. Here is your number 2 | two | 4. Lincoln Pierce is the author of the Big Nate Books Go to his spot in the J Fiction for your next clue. Here is your number 12 | twelve | 5. Where is the J Science Fiction Collection? Find the Star Wars Books. Don’t forget to record the number 7 | seven | 6. Where do you go in the Children’s Library when you want to find our newest fiction? Hint - it’s near the tall measuring tape. Here is your number 3 | three | 7. If you want to check out your books by yourself without someone at the front desk, where would you go? Here is your number 10 | ten | 8. It’s Shark Week! Read all you can on these beastly creatures. Go to J 597.3s. Don’t forget your number! Here is your number 4 | four | 9. Where are the magazines? Find that spot and look for BOY’S LIFE. Here is your number 5 | five | 10. For your last number visit the fish tank. Here is your number for here 16 | sixteen |
Big Foot and UFOs sit in the J 001’s find this shelf and click on the QR to find your next stop. Here is your number 8&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 10)
We have all the Boy Scout Manuals to help you achieve your badges. Go to J Reference in the aisle behind the magazines to find them Here is your number 6&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 10)
Find the J Non-fiction books on the Civil War somewhere in the J 973s. Here is your number 2&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 10)
Lincoln Pierce is the author of the Big Nate Books Go to his spot in the J Fiction for your next clue. Here is your number 12&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 10)
Where is the J Science Fiction Collection? Find the Star Wars Books. Don’t forget to record the number 7&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 10)
Where do you go in the Children’s Library when you want to find our newest fiction? Hint - it’s near the tall measuring tape. Here is your number 3&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 10)
If you want to check out your books by yourself without someone at the front desk, where would you go? Here is your number 10&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 10)
It’s Shark Week! Read all you can on these beastly creatures. Go to J 597.3s. Don’t forget your number! Here is your number 4&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 10)
Where are the magazines? Find that spot and look for BOY’S LIFE. Here is your number 5&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 10)
For your last number visit the fish tank. Here is your number for here 16&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 10)
