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 time does the library close on Fridays? | 4pm | 2. What is the name of the Library Officer? | Mrs Robyn Veen | 3. What is the name of the IT Guy? | Dave Anning | 4. What is the new online reference database that we subscribe to (hint: check Studywiz)? | World Book online | 5. Name one of the books that have been shortlisted for Book of the Year | on display | 6. What is the title of the book with the dewey call number 940.548 FRA? | Diary of Anne Frank | 7. Name a magazine that the library subscribes to | check spinner | 8. Name a book that we have in the library that has been made into a blockbuster movie | Many to choose from | 9. Does our library have an OPAC? | Yes | 10. What does closed reserve mean? | That you can't take the book out of the library |
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