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. In which book did a character mark X's on the wall to keep track of time - a total of 9,876? | The One and Only Ivan | 2. Who is the author of The One and Only Ivan? | Katherine Applegate | 3. In which book do the main characters get kicked off of the bus on the way to The Palace Theater? | Mr. Popper's Penguins | 4. Who is the author of Mr. Popper's Penguins? | Richard and Florence Atwater | 5. In which book did the father travel alone to Virginia ahead of his family? | A Lion to Guard Us | 6. Who wrote A Lion to Guard Us? | Clyde Robert Bulla | 7. In which book did a boy have a favorite story called "the queen of hearts"? | Tornado | 8. Who was the author of Tornado? | Betsy Byers | 9. In which book did a little girl wish to return to New York City because other students were making fun of her? | Molly's Pilgrim | 10. Who is the author of Molly's Pilgrim? | Barbara Cohen | 11. In which book did The Children's Aid Society send things to the children of Holland? | Boxes for Katje | 12. Who is the author of Boxes for Katje? | Candace Flemming | 13. In which book does Mrs Tuttle (the teacher) teach math first thing in the morning because it pumps up the brains of all the math people and gets it out of the way for the non-math people? | Phneas L. MacGuire ERUPTS! | 14. Who is the author of Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!? | Frances O'Roark Dowell | 15. In which book did a a little girl's grandmother sit by the window "in the Lord's light" to make her masterpiece? | The Patchwork Quilt | 16. Who was the author of The Patchwork Quilt? | Valerie Flourney | 17. In which book did one of the characters cross a river on the backs of crocodiles? | My Father's Dragon | 18. Who was the author of My Father's Dragon? | Ruth Gannett | 19. In which book did the main character suggest that they put little diapers on all of the pigeons to solve a problem? | Clementine | 20. Who was the author of Clementine? | Sara Pennypacker | 21. In which book was a character picked to be the message moniter in order to teach her to read cursive? | Muggie Maggie | 22. Who is the author of Muggie Maggie? | Beverly Cleary | 23. In which book did a rat ask for a rotten goose egg? | Charlotte's Web | 24. Who is the author of Charlotte's Web? | E.B.White | 25. In which book did children work together to build a swimming pool? | The Boxcar Children | 26. Who is the author of The Boxcar Children? | Gertrude Warner | 27. In which book was a man sent to a town to count the people...who did NOT want to be counted? | Tricking the Tallyman | 28. Who wrote Tricking the Tallyman? | Jacqueline Davies |
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