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. Introduce yourself to one or both of your library staff members. List their names | Mrs. Chavez & Miss. Lopez | 2. 2. Are fiction books stories that are real or are made up? Look for the Fiction QR Code Hint somewhere in the fiction section | made up2 | 3. 3. Fiction books are organized by the Authors first or last name | First3 | 4. 4. Look through the fiction section, and find the name of one author whose last name starts with the same letter as yours | answer4 | 5. 5. Science fiction, Mystery, and Adventure genres in literature. Look for the Horror QR Code Hint in fiction near the Genre Label Poster. What scary thing is one the poster? | answer5 | 6. 6. Find a book to help you cook and Italian style pizza. Look for the Cookbook QR Code Hint in Nonfiction. Find and bring that cookbook back to your table | answer6 |
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