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. “Black butler” is a Manga series written by Yana Toboso. Find your next clue in one of these books. | GN TOB | 2. Rick Riordan wrote these fantasy stories about this young demi-god. | Percy Jackson - F JAC | 3. The ‘Shelf Help’ section is where you will find books on health and wellbeing. Find a book called “Stuff that sucks” for your next clue. | 158.1 | 4. This fashion magazine is where you will find your next clue. | Vogue | 5. Search for your next clue at Dewey number 541.22. | Molecules | 6. This newspaper ‘guards’ the news. Find the paper, to find your next clue. | The Guardian | 7. These books tell you the meaning of words (and how to spell them). Find the word ‘Quaich’. (Tip – there are 12 volumes in this particular set of books. | Oxford English Dictionary Vol XIII | 8. The famous boy wizard’s first story is where you will locate your next clue. | Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone at Fantasy F ROW | 9. I want to go to Glasgow University to study veterinary science. What Highers will I need? | Careers Glasgow uni prospectus | 10. The Britannica Macropaedias are great for helping you research topics. Find information about RADAR. | (vol 26 p458) | 11. Back to your desk. In your Dewey subject index, find the number for ‘Ancient Romans’. Write this number down and check with Miss Sharp that you have successfully completed the library treasure hunt. | 937 |
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