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. Go to circulation desk and find the QR code | ok | 2. There are all types of genres in literature, find the QR code by Western paperbacks and write down an author of any western book | 5 | 3. find the cook book section hint 641.5 write a title of a cook book by Rachel Ray find the QR code near that book | h | 4. find the QR code near the microfilm machine write down the brand name of the machine | i | 5. Do you know where the magazine are find the qr code there and write down the name of the first magazine we have alphabetically | k | 6. Go to the teen section and find an author whose last name begins with the same letter as your first OR last name write down their name find a QR code near the dinosaur | 8 | 7. Find Hedwig...the white owl scan the QR code | 8. Find the books Hedwig is in and scan the qr code near them and write down authors name | 7 | 9. Fold up paper with all questions filled out and your name and phone number put in the box in the YA contest area. if answers are right and your paper is picked you will win a 10 dollar gift certificate. | 8 |
Go to circulation desk and find the QR code&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 9)
There are all types of genres in literature, find the QR code by Western paperbacks and write down an author of any western book&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 9)
find the cook book section hint 641.5 write a title of a cook book by Rachel Ray find the QR code near that book&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 9)
find the QR code near the microfilm machine write down the brand name of the machine&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 9)
Do you know where the magazine are find the qr code there and write down the name of the first magazine we have alphabetically&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 9)
Go to the teen section and find an author whose last name begins with the same letter as your first OR last name write down their name find a QR code near the dinosaur&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 9)
Find Hedwig...the white owl scan the QR code&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 9)
Find the books Hedwig is in and scan the qr code near them and write down authors name&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 9)
Fold up paper with all questions filled out and your name and phone number put in the box in the YA contest area. if answers are right and your paper is picked you will win a 10 dollar gift certificate.&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 9)
