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 do you use to mark your books place on the shelf | shelf marker | 2. How many books can you have out at one time | 1 | 3. What should the noise level be when searching for books | very quiet | 4. What happens when you do not return your library books | you may not take out another book | 5. How do you know if a book is just right for you to read | 5 finger rule, I understand what I am reading, and it is interests me | 6. Who is your librarian | Mrs. St.Pierre | 7. What is one thing that you have learned this year in the library | various answers | 8. What is your favorite book or author | various answers | 9. What tool do you use to mark a books spot while looking for books | shelf marker | 10. What should you do once you have found a just right book | check it out at the circulation desk | 11. What should you do once you have checked out your book | sit quietly and read | 12. What section will you find chapter books | fiction section | 13. What section will you find the resource books that are sorted by the dewey decimal system | non-fiction section | 14. What letter is marked on the spine of the picture books and what does it mean | E for everybody |
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