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. This teen magazine covers the latest and greatest trends in video gaming. | Game Informer | 2. From video game to the printed page, this graphic novel is named after the circle of light surrounding an angel's head. | Halo Graphic Novel | 3. This pop diva's name rhymes with Halo. Using the databases, find a video biography of this girl from the block. Report the name of the star and the database you used to the Reference librarian to collect your next clue. | Jennifer Lopez/Access Video | 4. J.Lo is amazing! She can sing, she can dance, and she can ___! This skill is also the name of an important test you may take to get into college. Find a Test Guide for this exam. | Cracking the ACT 2006 Edition | 5. Enough studying! We've exercised the brain, now let's exercise the body. Find a DVD that will teach you to stretch and bend on the moon. | Lunar Flow Yoga | 6. For your next clue, find the original article about the moon landing in the National Geographic. | Jul-Dec 1969 National Geographic back issues | 7. Victoria Scott's Dante spends a lot of time in the Underworld. Find information about a moon crater that shares the same name in the Reference section. | Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics v.2 (520.3 ENC v.2) | 8. Don't leave the Reference section yet! To find your next clue, look up the Greek god of the Underworld. | Greek and Roman Mythology, A-Z (291.13 DAL 2004) | 9. Dante works for Satan himself. Find a YA story to listen to about Dante's workplace. (Hint: this audiobook shares the same name as this Greek god.) | Hades | 10. Great Scott!! Go up, up, up to collect Victoria and your prize! | Genealogy |
This teen magazine covers the latest and greatest trends in video gaming.&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 10)
From video game to the printed page, this graphic novel is named after the circle of light surrounding an angel's head.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 10)
This pop diva's name rhymes with Halo. Using the databases, find a video biography of this girl from the block. Report the name of the star and the database you used to the Reference librarian to collect your next clue.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 10)
J.Lo is amazing! She can sing, she can dance, and she can ___! This skill is also the name of an important test you may take to get into college. Find a Test Guide for this exam.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 10)
Enough studying! We've exercised the brain, now let's exercise the body. Find a DVD that will teach you to stretch and bend on the moon.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 10)
For your next clue, find the original article about the moon landing in the National Geographic.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 10)
Victoria Scott's Dante spends a lot of time in the Underworld. Find information about a moon crater that shares the same name in the Reference section.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 10)
Don't leave the Reference section yet! To find your next clue, look up the Greek god of the Underworld.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 10)
Dante works for Satan himself. Find a YA story to listen to about Dante's workplace. (Hint: this audiobook shares the same name as this Greek god.)&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 10)
Great Scott!! Go up, up, up to collect Victoria and your prize!&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 10)
