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. Teachers can borrow DVDs for use in their class. Find a copy of ‘Lord of the Flies’ for your next clue | DVD LOR | 2. 2. Cassandra Clare wrote the fantasy series “The mortal instrument”. You will find your next clue in one of these books | F CLA | 3. 3. . The Britannica Micropaedias are great for initial research. Find information on the ‘Crocodile Bird’ | vol 3 p745 | 4. 4. I want to join the army when I leave school. Where will I find information on this? | careers – box 25 | 5. 5. These books tell you the meaning of words (and how to spell them). Find the word “Confucian”. (Tip – there are 12 volumes in this particular set of books) | Oxford English Dictionary Vol 2 p815 | 6. 6. You will find your next clue at Dewey number 306.3 | Slavery | 7. 7. Jun Mochizuki wrote a series of Manga novels called ‘Pandora Hearts’. Your next clue is in one of these books | GN MOC | 8. 8. For your next clue, find the magazine that tells you about film | Empire | 9. 9. Charles Dickens wrote many classic novels about Victorian life. Find your penultimate clue in one of his books | Classic genre F DIC | 10. 10. In the ‘Shelf Help’ section, you will find books on health and wellbeing. Find a book by Ruby Wax at 158.1 | A mindfulness guide for the Frazzled | 11. 11. Back to your desk. In your Dewey Subject Index, find the number for ‘Weasels’. Write this number down and check with Miss Sharp that you have successfully completed the library treasure hunt | 599.76 |
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