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.
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| 1. 3 | How many books can you check out? | 2. Use a shelf marker. Put it on the cart if you don't know where it goes | How do I look for a book on the shelf? | 3. 398.2s | folk and fairy tales in Dewey | 4. Use your student ID/lunch code or library card | use to check out? | 5. Books are checked out for 2 weeks; ask your teacher to come down if you finish before checkout day; you can renew if there are no holds | how long for books? Can I come at another time? | 6. 811s and 813s | Where do I find poetry and joke books | 7. Biographies are organized by author's last name | biographies | 8. Look at shelf to pick 2 titles. These stay in the library | Magazines | 9. type work, search for books, Makerspace, research | desktop computers | 10. search for books, Makerspace, research | iPads | 11. A challenge to read from all genres! Take a Log! | KU Reading program? |
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Use a shelf marker. Put it on the cart if you don't know where it goes&choe=UTF-8
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398.2s&choe=UTF-8
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Use your student ID/lunch code or library card&choe=UTF-8
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Books are checked out for 2 weeks; ask your teacher to come down if you finish before checkout day; you can renew if there are no holds&choe=UTF-8
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811s and 813s&choe=UTF-8
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Biographies are organized by author's last name&choe=UTF-8
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Look at shelf to pick 2 titles. These stay in the library&choe=UTF-8
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type work, search for books, Makerspace, research&choe=UTF-8
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search for books, Makerspace, research&choe=UTF-8
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A challenge to read from all genres! Take a Log!&choe=UTF-8
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