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 are the names of the 4 Library staff? | Mrs Williamson, Mrs Steinwall, Mrs Lenthall, Mrs Hutchens | 2. What does CBCA stand for? | Children's Book Council of Australia | 3. What is the winning book for this year's book week in the Older Reader category? | TBA | 4. What country banned "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland" in 1931? Find the book in our Library, the next QR code is on the back cover. | China. Formerly banned in the province of Hunan, for its portrayal of anthropomorphized animals acting on the same level of complexity as human beings. The censor, General Ho Chien, believed that attributing human language to animals was an insult to humans. He feared that the book would teach children to regard humans and animals on the same level, which would be "disastrous" | 5. Who is the author of the book "Eragon"? | Christopher Paolini | 6. Find the book “Engadine 1825 - 2001'' Look on page 157. How many pupils were in Year 7 the year ST John Bosco College opened in 1978? You'll find the next QR code here as well. | 76 | 7. What is the colour of the dragon on the "Fantasy" genre sticker? | Green | 8. What is the first word on page 52 of "Rabbit, soldier, angel, thief" by Katrina Nannestad? | twins | 9. What is the name of the book with the call number 610.9 ARN? | Do no harm | 10. Biographies are found near the IT Office. Name 1 book on this shelf. | TBA | 11. What are the 3 words on the think bubbles hanging from the ceiling? | rethink, challenge, persist | 12. How many black circles are on the “New Books” display wall? You'll find the next QR code here as well. | 12 | 13. What is the theme of this year's Book Week? | Dreaming with Eyes Open | 14. M.C. Escher created some amazing images. Find the book "Make believe : M. C. Escher for kids." and look at page 35. What is in the centre of Maurits’s eye? | skull | 15. The URL for our Library can be found beneath a clock. What is the URL? | https://oliver.sjbcengadine.catholic.edu.au/oliver |
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