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. Compass Point 1: Write down the name of a video that you would like to watch: | any video | 2. Compass Point 2: Using the blue Library of Congress Classification Chart, which books would you find in each section? GE: __________ QB: ___________ RT: _________ | GE:Environmental Sciences, QB:Astronomy, RT:Nursing | 3. Compass Point 3: Write down the title and complete call number of one book that you find in either: HV crimes and offenses or PS American literature. Title:_________ Full Call Number: ________________ | Title and call number will be checked at service desk. | 4. Compass Point 4: Looking at the periodical racks, which of these magazines do you find: Advertising Age, Brides, Early American Literature, Entertainment Weekly, Game Developer, Guitar World, National Enquirer, Siempre Mujer, Sports Illustrated, Time | Brides, Entertainment Weekly, Guitar World, Siempre Mujer, Sports Illustrated, Time | 5. Compass Point 5: Locate the reference book: Chase's Calender of Events (REF.D11.5C482) Find an event that occurred on your birth date or during your birth month: Event ________________ Date _____________ | Event will be checked at the service desk. | 6. Compass Point 6: You will find the service desk computers near the reference section. Go to the library's web page at http://www.ivcc.edu/library. Select the purple Library Catalog icon, and search for facebook. Select a book of interest from the list, and record the following information: Title: __________ Location: _____________ Is the book available? _________________ Call number: _________ | answers will be checked at the service desk. |
Compass Point 1: Write down the name of a video that you would like to watch:&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 6)
Compass Point 2: Using the blue Library of Congress Classification Chart, which books would you find in each section? GE: __________ QB: ___________ RT: _________&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 6)
Compass Point 3: Write down the title and complete call number of one book that you find in either: HV crimes and offenses or PS American literature. Title:_________ Full Call Number: ________________&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 6)
Compass Point 4: Looking at the periodical racks, which of these magazines do you find: Advertising Age, Brides, Early American Literature, Entertainment Weekly, Game Developer, Guitar World, National Enquirer, Siempre Mujer, Sports Illustrated, Time&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 6)
Compass Point 5: Locate the reference book: Chase's Calender of Events (REF.D11.5C482) Find an event that occurred on your birth date or during your birth month: Event ________________ Date _____________&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 6)
Compass Point 6: You will find the service desk computers near the reference section. Go to the library's web page at http://www.ivcc.edu/library. Select the purple Library Catalog icon, and search for facebook. Select a book of interest from the list, and record the following information: Title: __________ Location: _____________ Is the book available? _________________ Call number: _________&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 6)
