QR Challenge: Book week Scavenger

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. 1) What is the name of the longest ever written novel that made its way into the Guinness World Record?	A
2. 2) How much was the most expensive printed book sold for in 2013?	A
3. 3) Which is the most banned book in America?	A
4. 4) What is the largest book in the world?	A
5. 5) Which FEMALE author wrote all HER books while standing?	A
6. 6) Which book was first written on the typewriter?	A
7. 7) Which are the top 3 most read books in the world?	A
8. 8) In the 16th century, children’s books were also known as?
9. 9) The love for the smell of old books is known as?	A
10. 10) The longest ever printed sentence has ____________________ words.	A
11. 11) Which people (focus on country) read more than any other nation?	A
12. 12) What is the name of the Icelandic tradition where people exchange books on Christmas Eve?	A
13. 13) Who is the author of the James Bond series?	A
14. 14) The fear of running out of something to read is known as?	A
15. 15) How many books can be made from one tree?	A

 

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