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. Write a title of any book you find in E A. | Any | 2. Find the Fantasy section. Who is the author of the book, The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (FIC HEA)?2 | Christopher Healy2 | 3. Head over to the biographies. Write the title of a book about Abraham Lincoln.3 | Any3 | 4. Find the book, The City of Ember, in the Sci-Fi section. What is it's call number?4 | FIC DUP | 5. What is the title of the book that can be found at 598 ALD?5 | Bird Guide of North America5 | 6. What is the title of the book that can be found at 133.4 SCH?6 | Witches6 | 7. Go to your email and open the message with the subject, "Dewey Decimal Practice" to get your next direction.7 | None7 |
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