QR Challenge: Destiny Scavenger Hunt

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. When doing an author search what is the name you have to type in first?	last name
2. How many books (not copies) do we have in the 39 Clues series	22
3. How many books do we have by the author Christopher Paul Curtis	5
4. Name two of the types of searches you can do under the Basic search menu. (hint: There are 5 total to choose from)?	keyword, title, author, subject, and series
5. In a visual search name two of the sports that are listed?	baseball, basketball, football, soccer
6. The books address is called	The Call Number
7. What is the call number for the first book you see when you do a visual search under Animals for Bears?	Goldilocks and the Three Bears
8. What is the call number for the first book you see when you do a basic KEYWORD search for Halloween? (Hint: Include the numbers and the first 3 letters):	394.266 HAU
9. Use Destiny to find the title If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. What is the book's call number?	E NUM
10. Where are the nonfiction books located in our media center?	In the center shelves.
11. A fiction book has the letters F_ _ on it's spine?	FIC
12. An Easy Fiction book has the letter ___ on it's spine?	E

 

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