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.
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1. How many units are there in this book? | 2. List the 5 themes for unit 1. | 3. What is the title of the first nonfiction article in Unit 2? | 4. Who wrote the story, “Zathura”? | 5. What page is the informational nonfiction article, “Hurricanes” found on? | 6. What genre, type of story, is “Weslandia”? | 7. What page would you find, “Profile of a Paralympian” on? | 8. What is the title of the Native American myth found in Unit 6? | 9. Page 169 has a Writer’s Checklist. What are the 6 things a writer needs to check before he/she turns in their writing assignment? | 10. List the vocabulary words on page 316. | 11. Who is the author of “The Catch of the Day”? | 12. Who are the two people in the picture on page 570? | 13. What comprehension skill does “The Best Fourth of July” want you to work on? | 14. You are done! Did you have a good time? |
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