QR Challenge: Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
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
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
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!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. Where are the stories written and illustrated in the style of a comic strip? Hint: These books have a series of rectangular panels with vivid illustrations combined with short bursts of text. | GRAPHIC NOVELS
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2. Where are the books that are meant for EVERYBODY to read? Hint: These books are called EVERBODY books because they are written on all levels K-5. | EASY
| 3. Where are the books that have a table of contents, an index and a glossary? Hint: These books contain information that the reader can read in bits and pieces and in any order. | NON-FICTION
| 4. Where can you learn about a variety of famous people? Hint: These books are located near non-fiction because they contain information- facts about people. | BIOGRAPHY
| 5. Where are the books that contain characters who experience different kinds of adventures? Hint: Generally, the reader must read the chapters in these books in order so that the story can unfold and reveal the solution to the protagonist's problem. | FICTION
| 6. Where are the books that have text in Spanish, and sometimes in both English and Spanish? Hint: These books are especially helpful to students who are just learning English and know how to read in Spanish. Often families who speak Spanish can read these books together. | ESPANOL
| 7. Where do you place books when returning them? Hint: You can place them there even if the librarian and clerk are not there. | Book Cart
| 8. Where are the picture books that are for early readers who want to earn a dog style badge that shows the cover of the book? Hint: These are meant for K-2nd graders, but some 3rd graders like to read them too! | SSYRA JR
| 9. Where can you find the books that were used for the Battle of the Books this year? Hint: They are in a section that is reserved for SSYRA books. When you read them and pass the RC test, you earn a dog tag style badge. | SSYRA
| 10. What are just right books and where can you learn about how to find them? Hint: There is a bulletin board with this information. It is located near the librarian’s office. | JUST RIGHT Book Bulletin Board
| 11. Find the name for the counter where we work and answer questions about finding a just right book for you. Hint: It has a sign to label it. | Circulation Desk
| 12. Where are the books that we display for you to explore new topics? Hint: Examples include Kindness, Hispanic Heritage, Fairytales, and Black History. Can you name the current topic for April? if you can, you get a mint! | Book Display |
Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_are_the_stories_written_and_illustrated_in_the_style_of_a_comic_strip?_Hint:_These_books_have_a_series_of_rectangular_panels_with_vivid_illustrations_combined_with_short_bursts_of_text.
Question 1 (of 12)
Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_are_the_books_that_are_meant_for_EVERYBODY_to_read?__Hint:__These_books_are_called_EVERBODY_books_because_they_are_written_on_all_levels_K-5.
Question 2 (of 12)
Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_are_the_books_that_have_a_table_of_contents,_an_index_and_a_glossary?_Hint:__These_books_contain_information_that_the_reader_can_read_in_bits_and_pieces_and_in_any_order.
Question 3 (of 12)
Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_can_you_learn_about_a_variety_of_famous_people?_Hint:__These_books_are_located_near_non-fiction_because_they_contain_information-_facts_about_people.
Question 4 (of 12)
Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_are_the_books_that_contain_characters_who_experience_different_kinds_of_adventures?_Hint:__Generally,_the_reader_must_read_the_chapters_in_these_books_in_order_so_that_the_story_can_unfold_and_reveal_the_solution_to_the_protagonist's_problem.
Question 5 (of 12)
Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_are_the_books_that_have_text_in_Spanish,_and_sometimes_in_both_English_and_Spanish?_Hint:__These_books_are_especially_helpful_to_students_who_are_just_learning_English_and_know_how_to_read_in_Spanish.__Often_families_who_speak_Spanish_can_read_these_books_together.
Question 6 (of 12)
Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_do_you_place_books_when_returning_them?_Hint:__You_can_place_them_there_even_if_the_librarian_and_clerk_are_not_there.
Question 7 (of 12)
Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_are_the_picture_books_that_are_for_early_readers_who_want_to_earn_a_dog_style_badge_that_shows_the_cover_of_the_book?_Hint:_These_are_meant_for_K-2nd_graders,_but_some_3rd_graders_like_to_read_them_too!
Question 8 (of 12)
Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_can_you_find_the_books_that_were_used_for_the_Battle_of_the_Books_this_year?_Hint:_They_are_in_a_section_that_is_reserved_for_SSYRA_books.__When_you_read_them_and_pass_the_RC_test,_you_earn_a_dog_tag_style_badge.
Question 9 (of 12)
Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_are_just_right_books_and_where_can_you_learn_about_how_to_find_them?_Hint:_There_is_a_bulletin_board_with_this_information.__It_is_located_near_the_librarian’s_office.
Question 10 (of 12)
Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find_the_name_for_the_counter_where_we_work_and_answer_questions_about_finding_a_just_right_book_for_you._Hint:_It_has_a_sign_to_label_it.
Question 11 (of 12)
Eggsellent Scavenger Hunt in the Library: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_are_the_books_that_we_display_for_you_to_explore_new_topics?_Hint:__Examples_include_Kindness,_Hispanic_Heritage,_Fairytales,_and_Black_History.__Can_you_name_the_current_topic_for_April?_if_you_can,_you_get_a_mint!
Question 12 (of 12)
