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. Find a chapter book with an author whose last name begins with “A”. | Any author whose last name begins with A. | 2. Go to the place where you check books out. | The front desk. | 3. Find the New books section and look up on the pillar to find your next clue. | Put the QR code up on the pillar. | 4. Find Mrs. Tulchin to get your next clue. | Put QR on name tag. | 5. Find the animal books in the 500 section. Hint: Numbers are for nonfiction books! | any of the Animal section. | 6. Find an Easy book with an author whose last name begins with “W”. | By the Mo Willems book. | 7. Find Mrs. Metroka to get your next clue. | Put QR on name tag. | 8. Go to where we line up to exit and look down. | Put QR on Stop Sign. | 9. Find a book with the call number of E MAY (Hint: Look on the bucket) | Mercer Mayer Books. | 10. Find a place to put your trash. | QR Code on Trash Can. |
Find a chapter book with an author whose last name begins with “A”.&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 10)
Go to the place where you check books out.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 10)
Find the New books section and look up on the pillar to find your next clue.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 10)
Find Mrs. Tulchin to get your next clue.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 10)
Find the animal books in the 500 section. Hint: Numbers are for nonfiction books!&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 10)
Find an Easy book with an author whose last name begins with “W”.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 10)
Find Mrs. Metroka to get your next clue. &choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 10)
Go to where we line up to exit and look down. &choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 10)
Find a book with the call number of E MAY (Hint: Look on the bucket)&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 10)
Find a place to put your trash.&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 10)