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. You've found Minecraft Books!! Well done! Secret message = If | 2. Congratulations! You found the Who Is? books! Now you can read about some interesting people. They are sorted alphabetically by the last name of the person it is written about. | 3. Yes! These computers can be used to access our Destiny Catalog. You can type in the subject, title, author, or keyword into the catalog to find what you are looking for within the library. Secret message = you | 4. You’ve got it! This is where you find your library card every week when you visit the library for checkouts. Secret message = don’t | 5. This is where you will find your favorite graphic novels such as Dog Man, Lunch Lady, The Babysitter’s Club and others. Secret message = like | 6. This is our SMARTboard and story time rug area. Sometimes we will have lessons in library that use our SMARTboard. It’s fun doing interactive games! Secret message = to | 7. This is where you can find favorite fairy tales that have illustrations. We also have fairy tales in Non-Fiction at 398.2 that are longer and have less pictures. Secret message = read, | 8. These pencils are for you to use, but they live in the library. Please return them here when you are done. Secret message = you | 9. The Popular Series Section is where you will find book series such as Magic Tree House, Junie B. Jones, Goosebumps, Dork Diaries and many other fiction books that are part of a series. Secret Message = haven’t | 10. This is where you find Magazines! Remember to ask for an envelope when you checkout your magazine (and remember to return your magazine with the envelope too). Secret Message = found | 11. Books about Sharks live in 597.3 Notice many of the non-fiction sections have signs to give you a clue where to find animals or subjects you would like to learn about. Secret message = the | 12. Great Job! Biographies are listed as 921 in Non-fiction, but they have their own special area. These books are about important or famous people and are listed alphabetically by the person the book is written about. NOT the author. Secret message = right | 13. Did you know that most Everybody Books (also called picture books) are written at a 3rd or 4th grade reading level. They can be read and enjoyed by everybody because reading together with family is important. Secret message = book! | 14. Here is where you will find fiction chapter books. Remember that fiction books are organized by the author’s last name from A-Z. Secret Message = J.K. | 15. This section is where our 2019 and 2020 Nutmeg Nominated Books are shelved. We will also add new fiction and non-fiction books here throughout the school year. Secret message = Rowling | 16. This book display is where we will add new picture books as well as holiday books throughout the school year. Keep checking it to find something interesting to read! Congratulations! You are done! Bring your completed Scavenger Hunt up to the circulation desk for a surprise! |
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