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.
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1. Very nicely, introduce yourself to the staff at the desk in the library. Get their initials. | KNH and AB | 2. Find the YA section of the library. Are they fiction or nonfiction books? Hint look for the QR code in the section! | They’re both fiction and non fiction books in our young adult section. | 3. Graphic novels or define as books that are made up of “graphic “or “comic” content. At JL man we combine manga along with more American style comics down and book format name and series that has been made into a movie. | answers will vary | 4. Magazines at MANN are located online. Locate the title of one magazine that MANN subscribes to. | answers will vary | 5. Students can use the online catalog to locate books. Using the online catalog find an author whos last name starts with the same letter as yours. | Answers will be very | 6. Locate a book that you are one of your partners have read in the library. Create a short 30 second video that promotes the book you found. | answers will vary. |
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