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. Look at the books in this section. Look at the call numbers. What section are you in? | Fiction | 2. Look at the books in this section. Look at the call numbers. What section are you in? | Nonfiction | 3. Is fiction factual or make-believe? | Make believe. | 4. Is nonfiction factual or make-believe? | Factual | 5. Look at this section. This the Biography section. What is the first part of the call number for this section? | B | 6. What is this area called? | Circulation desk | 7. What is this area called? | Reference desk | 8. How many books can I check out at one time? | 6 | 9. How many weeks can I keep my book? | 3 | 10. Look at this section. This is the graphic novels section. What is the first number (including the decimal) of MOST of the books in this section? | 741.5 | 11. Look at this section. This is the Easy Reader section. What is the letter for the first part of the call number? | E | 12. Do you have to sign in here? | Yes | 13. What am I? | Catalog computer | 14. What kinds of books can you find in this section? | Career books and testing guides. |
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