QR Challenge: Middle School Scavenger Hunt
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
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
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
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!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
1. Where are books about Greek Myths? 292 AME |
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2. I need a book about Judaism. 296 CHA |
| 3. Where is a book about Fairy Tales? 398.21 PHI |
| 4. I'm looking for a rhyming dictionary. 423.1 YOU. |
| 5. I want to know more about earthquakes and volcanoes. 551.22 EAR |
| 6. What kind of rock is this? 552 EAR |
| 7. I'd like a book on dog facts. 636.7 SCH |
| 8. I need to find a book about art. 700 LOC |
| 9. The winter Olympics are in February. 796.48 OXL |
| 10. I want a funny poetry book. 811 PRE |
| 11. Where can I find a world atlas? 912 HEN |
| 12. I am studying the country of Mexico. 972 BUC |
| 13. I am interested in reading about Texas heroes. 976.4 DAV |
| 14. I need a biography about Sam Houston. B HOU |
| 15. We are studying about Helen Keller. B KEL |
| 16. Number The Stars is written about Lois Lowry. F LOW |
| 17. The Cay is a book we are reading in class.F TAY | |
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where-are-books-about-Greek-Myths?-292-AME
Question 1 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I-need-a-book-about-Judaism.-296-CHA
Question 2 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where-is-a-book-about-Fairy-Tales?-398.21-PHI
Question 3 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I'm-looking-for-a-rhyming-dictionary.-423.1-YOU.
Question 4 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I-want-to-know-more-about-earthquakes-and-volcanoes.-551.22-EAR
Question 5 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-kind-of-rock-is-this?-552-EAR
Question 6 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I'd-like-a-book-on-dog-facts.-636.7-SCH
Question 7 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I-need-to-find-a-book-about-art.-700-LOC
Question 8 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-winter-Olympics-are-in-February.-796.48-OXL
Question 9 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I-want-a-funny-poetry-book.-811-PRE
Question 10 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where-can-I-find-a-world-atlas?-912-HEN
Question 11 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I-am-studying-the-country-of-Mexico.-972-BUC
Question 12 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I-am-interested-in-reading-about-Texas-heroes.-976.4-DAV
Question 13 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I-need-a-biography-about-Sam-Houston.-B-HOU
Question 14 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=We-are-studying-about-Helen-Keller.-B-KEL
Question 15 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Number-The-Stars-is-written-about-Lois-Lowry.-F-LOW
Question 16 (of 17)
Middle School Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-Cay-is-a-book-we-are-reading-in-class.F-TAY
Question 17 (of 17)