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 book, the first in a popular series, celebrated its 20th year anniversary on June 26, 2017, and is located in F ROW. What is the name of the book? | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | 2. Who is the author of the Harry Potter series? | J. K. Rowling | 3. Find the biography of the author of the Harry Potter series. What is the call number? | B ROW | 4. What biography genre (category) is the author of the Harry Potter series located in? | Authors | 5. The Harry Potter series is Fiction, but there is a Harry Potter book in the Non Fiction 800 section. What is the name of this book? | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | 6. What is the call number of the Non Fiction Harry Potter book (in the 800s)? | 822.92 THO | 7. Using Destiny Quest, find a historical fiction book about magic that has the call number F SCO. What is the name of the book? | The Magician | 8. On a computer, go to www.bookseer.com. If you’ve already read the Harry Potter series, what is another series you might be interested in? | Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Lord of the Rings | 9. Using a computer, log in to Destiny Quest. If you are new to HWMS, ask for help. | Log in is the same as last year’s. | 10. Use Destiny Quest to find a non fiction book about castles (doesn’t matter which one – there are 96. Write down the call number, then take a patterned book mark to the shelf and place the book mark next to the book? | Answers vary | 11. Patterned bookmarks are used by library aides when they shelve books. Should you remove them? | No | 12. Circulation Desk: If you use your ID to check out books, how many Gorilla Bucks will you earn? | 1 Gorilla Buck | 13. Circulation Desk: How many books can you have checked out at one time? | 3 books | 14. Circulation Desk: How long are you allowed to keep the books? | 2 weeks | 15. Circulation Desk: Do you have to pay for overdue books? | No | 16. Circulation Desk: Do you have to pay for lost books? | Yes | 17. Circulation Desk: Where do you return books? | In the basket on the counter. | 18. The 6 Desktop Computers are used for AR tests, book searches, and research. Find the last QR code here and write down this quote from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: “It is our choices that show who we truly are far more than our abilities.” | Answers |
This book, the first in a popular series, celebrated its 20th year anniversary on June 26, 2017, and is located in F ROW. What is the name of the book? &choe=UTF-8
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Who is the author of the Harry Potter series? &choe=UTF-8
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Find the biography of the author of the Harry Potter series. What is the call number? &choe=UTF-8
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What biography genre (category) is the author of the Harry Potter series located in? &choe=UTF-8
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The Harry Potter series is Fiction, but there is a Harry Potter book in the Non Fiction 800 section. What is the name of this book? &choe=UTF-8
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What is the call number of the Non Fiction Harry Potter book (in the 800s)? &choe=UTF-8
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Using Destiny Quest, find a historical fiction book about magic that has the call number F SCO. What is the name of the book? &choe=UTF-8
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On a computer, go to www.bookseer.com. If you’ve already read the Harry Potter series, what is another series you might be interested in? &choe=UTF-8
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Using a computer, log in to Destiny Quest. If you are new to HWMS, ask for help. &choe=UTF-8
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Use Destiny Quest to find a non fiction book about castles (doesn’t matter which one – there are 96. Write down the call number, then take a patterned book mark to the shelf and place the book mark next to the book? &choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 18)
Patterned bookmarks are used by library aides when they shelve books. Should you remove them? &choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 18)
Circulation Desk: If you use your ID to check out books, how many Gorilla Bucks will you earn? &choe=UTF-8
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Circulation Desk: How many books can you have checked out at one time? &choe=UTF-8
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Circulation Desk: How long are you allowed to keep the books? &choe=UTF-8
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Circulation Desk: Do you have to pay for overdue books? &choe=UTF-8
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Circulation Desk: Do you have to pay for lost books? &choe=UTF-8
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Circulation Desk: Where do you return books? &choe=UTF-8
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The 6 Desktop Computers are used for AR tests, book searches, and research. Find the last QR code here and write down this quote from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: “It is our choices that show who we truly are far more than our abilities.” &choe=UTF-8
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