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. What is Mr. Brown's favourite book? | Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel | 2. Who wrote Harry Potter? | J.K. Rowling | 3. Who is Theodor Geisel? | Dr. Seuss | 4. What day is National Reading Day in the USA? | January 23 | 5. Author H. A. Rey wrote which yellow covered books? | Curious George | 6. Which Eric Carle book is about a ravenous insect? | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | 7. Who wrote Fantastic Mr. Fox? | Roald Dahl | 8. Roger Hargreaves wrote what series of books? | Mr. or Little Miss Books | 9. What J.R.R. Tolkein book was made into a 3 part movie that was released recently? | The Hobbit | 10. Which book stars a spider and a pig as the main character? | Charlotte’s Web | 11. Which globetrotting male mouse series has had a female series spinoff? | Geronimo Stilton | 12. What genre, or type of book, is Amulet? | Graphic Novel | 13. What children’s book stars a turtle and his forest friends? | Franklin | 14. Name the cute yellow bear with a non cute name? | Winnie the Pooh | 15. What novel with a stick drawn character has had a series of books and a movie made? | Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
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