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. “Once upon a time in the north” is a fantasy novel written by Philip Pullman. Find the book for your next clue | Fantasy genre F PUL | 2. 2. Shakespeare plays are at 822.3. Find a copy of “Merchant of Venice” for your next clue | 822.3 shelf inset next to printer | 3. 3. The Britannica Micropaedias are great for research. Look up “Las Vegas” to find your next clue | Volume 7 page 170 | 4. 4. SLAM! is a graphic novel about roller ball. Find the book for your next clue | SLAM! by Ribon, Fish & Peer | 5. 5. This journal (magazine) tells you all about new things happening in science. Find it to get your next clue | Journals – New Scientist | 6. 6. When I leave school, I want to get a job in the construction industry. Find information on this, to get your next clue | Careers section – box 8 construction | 7. 7. In the Shelf Help section, you will find books on health and wellbeing. Look for the Dewey number 155.51. In one of these books you will find your next clue | Starving the anxiety gremlin | 8. 8. Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff wrote the science fiction novel “Illuminae”. Find the book for your next clue | SF & Dystopian fiction F KAU | 9. 9. Use the OPAC, click on | NF 327.12 – Spy (DK Eyewitness) | 10. 10. I want to revise for my Geography Higher. Find a book on this subject to find your next clue. (Hint - you can use your Dewey Subject Index to find the number for geography) | Revision section 910.76 | 11. 11. Back to your desk. In your Dewey Subject Index, find the number for ‘Waterfalls’. Write this number down and check with Miss Sharp that you have successfully completed the library treasure hunt | 551.48 |
1. “Once upon a time in the north” is a fantasy novel written by Philip Pullman. Find the book for your next clue&choe=UTF-8
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2. Shakespeare plays are at 822.3. Find a copy of “Merchant of Venice” for your next clue&choe=UTF-8
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3. The Britannica Micropaedias are great for research. Look up “Las Vegas” to find your next clue&choe=UTF-8
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4. SLAM! is a graphic novel about roller ball. Find the book for your next clue&choe=UTF-8
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5. This journal (magazine) tells you all about new things happening in science. Find it to get your next clue&choe=UTF-8
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6. When I leave school, I want to get a job in the construction industry. Find information on this, to get your next clue&choe=UTF-8
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7. In the Shelf Help section, you will find books on health and wellbeing. Look for the Dewey number 155.51. In one of these books you will find your next clue&choe=UTF-8
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8. Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff wrote the science fiction novel “Illuminae”. Find the book for your next clue&choe=UTF-8
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9. Use the OPAC, click on
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10. I want to revise for my Geography Higher. Find a book on this subject to find your next clue. (Hint - you can use your Dewey Subject Index to find the number for geography)&choe=UTF-8
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11. Back to your desk. In your Dewey Subject Index, find the number for ‘Waterfalls’. Write this number down and check with Miss Sharp that you have successfully completed the library treasure hunt&choe=UTF-8
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