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. 1st Character: This is the first owner of Edward Tulane. He was given to her by her grandmother, Pellegrina, when she was seven years old. She gave Edward a pocket watch so he would know when she would be returning from school. She and Edward will sail on the Queen Mary to London. On the way, Edward will be thrown overboard and spend time on the ocean floor. | Abilene | 2. 2nd Character: This fisherman took Edward home to his wife, who named him Susanna and told him about her children. The fisherman showed Edward the North Star and taught him about stars. Edward is thrown into a dump by the daughter of the fisherman and his wife. | Lawrence and Nellie | 3. 3rd Character: A dog picks up Edward from the dump and brings him home to his owner. He is given the name Malone. Edward spends the next seven years traveling with the hobo's until one day he is thrown from a train car. | Lucy and Bull | 4. 4th Character: This character uses Edward as a scarecrow in her garden and names him Clyde. | Old Woman | 5. 5th Character: This character saves Edward from the garden and gives him to his sister because he broke her last doll. | Bryce | 6. 6th Character: This character received Edward as a gift from her brother. She names him Jangles and holds him like a baby. | Sarah Ruth | 7. 7th Character: When Edward is broken, this character repairs him. | Lucius Clarke | 8. 8th Character: This girl holds Edward in the doll shop and he realizes her mother is Abilene. He is home! | Maggie |
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