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. Write the name of a book by Jackie French in the fiction section. | various answers | 2. How is the fiction section organised? | alphabetically | 3. What type of books will you find with the call number 641.5? | cooking | 4. Find the section on history of the ancient world. What call number is a book on Ancient Egypt? | 930 ++ | 5. What is the call number for mathematics? | 510 | 6. Select a book from the red table and photocopy a page. | just do it | 7. Count how many graphic novels there are. | ? | 8. How many sections are there in the picture book boxes? | 16 |
Write the name of a book by Jackie French in the fiction section.&choe=UTF-8
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How is the fiction section organised?&choe=UTF-8
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What type of books will you find with the call number 641.5?&choe=UTF-8
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Find the section on history of the ancient world. What call number is a book on Ancient Egypt?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the call number for mathematics?&choe=UTF-8
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Select a book from the red table and photocopy a page.&choe=UTF-8
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Count how many graphic novels there are.&choe=UTF-8
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How many sections are there in the picture book boxes?&choe=UTF-8
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