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. 1. What type of books can be found in this section of the library? | Graphic Novels | 2. 2. Books that are placed here need to be __________? | Renewed | 3. 3. What type of books are found in this room of the library? | Fiction | 4. 4. What type of books are found on this wall? Hint: Look at the call # for a clue. | Series Fiction books | 5. 5. Name two magazines you could read in the library? | Highlights and Ranger Rick | 6. 6. What type of books can be found in the 398.2 call numbers? | Fairytales | 7. 7. What type of books can be found in the 921 call numbers? | Biographies | 8. 8. What type of books can be found in the Easy/Everybody section of the library? | picture books | 9. 9. What type of books can be found in this part of the Everybody/Easy section? | Easy Nonfiction | 10. 10. The nonfiction side of the library uses numbers and letters for the call numbers. Find a dinosaur book and write down a call number. | 570s |
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