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. Book series that is built around clans of cats | Warriors | 2. Book Series that stars Greg Heffley | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | 3. Margaret Person Haddix wrote a sequence of books where families could only have two children. Name one of the books | Among the _____ | 4. At the Ceremony, twelve year old Jonas, is assigned to an elder who keeps the memories of their community | The Giver | 5. The second book in the series where the group of teens are called “Gladers.” | Scorch Trials | 6. What is the title of the book where June and Day were born in opposite districts. One from a wealthy district, one from the slums. They join together to find the truth of what their country is hiding | Legend | 7. Series where children with special talents are sent to Hogwarts School | Harry Potter | 8. Series where Bella wants to become a vampire and join the Edward | Twilight | 9. The main character in the novel The Prisoner of Cell 25 | Michael Vey | 10. Who is Katniss and Peeta's deadliest opponent in the first Hunger Games? | Cato | 11. What series takes place in Middle Earth? | Lord of the Rings or Hobbitt | 12. Who is the author for the Percy Jackson series? | Rick Riordan | 13. Who wrote A Series of Unfortunate Events? | Lemony Snickett | 14. Which of the following titles was NOT made into a movie: a) Divergent, b) The Uglies, or c) The Maze Runner. | Uglies | 15. The following is from a famous speech. Who made that speech? "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today." | Martin Luther King | 16. Through what piece of furniture did Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy go to get to the land of Narnia? | Wardrobe | 17. Veronica Roth wrote Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant. Name one more book in that series. It's a collection of five short stories told from Tobias Eaton's perspective. | Four | 18. Who is Christopher Robin's teddy bear? | Winnie-the-Poo | 19. Name the first book of the popular series in which Thomas wakes up in the Glade and finds his memory, except for his first name, is blank | The Maze Runner | 20. What is the title of the book about a boy named Auggie Pullman, who was born with a facial deformity? | Wonder |
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Margaret Person Haddix wrote a sequence of books where families could only have two children. Name one of the books&choe=UTF-8
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Who is Katniss and Peeta's deadliest opponent in the first Hunger Games?&choe=UTF-8
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What series takes place in Middle Earth?&choe=UTF-8
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Who is the author for the Percy Jackson series?&choe=UTF-8
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Who wrote A Series of Unfortunate Events?&choe=UTF-8
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Which of the following titles was NOT made into a movie: a) Divergent, b) The Uglies, or c) The Maze Runner.&choe=UTF-8
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The following is from a famous speech. Who made that speech? "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today."&choe=UTF-8
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Through what piece of furniture did Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy go to get to the land of Narnia?&choe=UTF-8
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Veronica Roth wrote Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant. Name one more book in that series. It's a collection of five short stories told from Tobias Eaton's perspective.&choe=UTF-8
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Who is Christopher Robin's teddy bear?&choe=UTF-8
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Name the first book of the popular series in which Thomas wakes up in the Glade and finds his memory, except for his first name, is blank&choe=UTF-8
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What is the title of the book about a boy named Auggie Pullman, who was born with a facial deformity?&choe=UTF-8
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