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. What did Cam say that Dan was thinking? | Dan thought that Cam didn’t know what he was thinking. Cam said that Danny had fooled her. | 2. Who is Mrs. Wayne? | The principal’s secretary | 3. What did Mrs. Wayne think Danny was doing in the Principals’ office? | He was usually in trouble. One occasion given was when he pretended that he couldn’t see because he had his eyes closed. | 4. What was Danny’s version of the theft? | Danny thought that the thief had a strong magnet and used it to unlock and lock the window from the outside. He is a skinny man that could get through the window. | 5. What was Cam’s theory of how the computers were stolen? | There were two thieves as the floor was not wet inside but there are footprints outside the window. | 6. Why did Cam think that the computers were stolen that very morning? | The footprints were not filled with snow so they have been made recently. | 7. Describe one of the officers (look at the pictures as well as the words) | Officer Oppen:Not so tall, bearded, man officer. Officer: A woman, tall | 8. Summarize the chapter in a few sentences | The three children are coming up with theories about who and how the computers were stolen in the Principals office. | 9. Predict who you think stole the computers | Own predictions. | 10. Give three facts about Cam (reference the text) Write one opinion about Cam | 1. Cam has a photographic memory. 2. Cam is a girl. 3. Cam is in Mrs. Bell’s class. Students’ own opinion. |
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