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. 1. When doing an author search what is the name you have to type in first? | Last name | 2. 2. How many books do we have in the 39 Clues series? | 38 | 3. a. How many are BOOKS? | 26 | 4. b. How many are E-BOOKS? | 12 | 5. 3. How many books do we have by the author Matt Christopher? | 24 | 6. 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,series | 7. 5. In a Visual search name two of the sports that are listed? | baseball,basketball,football,soccer | 8. 6. What is the call number for the first book you see when you do a Visual search under Animals for Bears? | E BER | 9. 7. What is the call number for the first book you see when you do a basic KEYWORD search for Halloween? (hint: include the #’s and 3 letters)? | 396.2 ROS |
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