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. What time does the library close on Sundays (Your answer should be just 1 number. Scan the QR code for the next clue.) | 7 | 2. Write the title of the fiction book by Stephenie Meyer with a QR code on the back (Hint- use Falcon to find a book in a specific college). | Eclipse | 3. Name the member of library staff from Peru near the circulation desk (Hint:The name has 5 letters). | Pedro | 4. Write the name of a magazine with a title that starts with the letter 'W' and with a woman wearing a white dress on the cover. | Wedding | 5. Name a member of staff who can help you at the Writing Corner. (Hint – both possible answers have 6 letters.)Brenda | Janice |
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