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.
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| 1. Log onto one of the library computers. By now you should have a username and password. If not, however, I can lend you guest access. Begin by visiting the library blog and clicking on the "Oxford On-line Reference Material" page. Once there, click on "Oxford English Dictionary." At this point you will need a username and login - use northpea (username) and NPSS (password). Once the "Oxford English Dictionary" is open, type in the word "apathy." Print off the definition page as proof of your research OR show the page to a teacher. Next, type in a word of your choice (preferably an adjective that describes you) and print this off as well (OR show a teacher). My hope is that you can use this site to help you throughout this school year, remembering that education is a grand opportunity - choosing passion over apathy:) | student answers will vary | 2. Go to the fiction section of the library. Find the "C" section and locate a book that has an interesting cover (to you). Take a picture of the cover with your Smartphone - make sure the author's name is not cut off!2 | student answers will vary2 | 3. Go to the atlas section of the library. Find a map showing Iceland and take a picture with your Smartphone. Next, take a picture of a place you really hope to visit one day. Be prepared to justify your answer to me (Mrs. Laychuk) when you hand in your scavenger hunt.3 | student answers will vary3 | 4. Go to the reference section of the library. Locate the book entitled Encyclopedia of Family Health Volume 13 (613 ENC). Turn to page 1805 and take a picture of the "Respirators" page with your Smartphone. Next, find the book entitled Great Events 1931 - 1939 and turn to page 317. Take a picture of the political cartoon with your smart phone.4 | student answers will vary | 5. While still in the reference section, find Martin's Annual Criminal Code. Leaf through the book and find an interesting (to you) page from both the "Drug" and "Youth" sections. Take a picture of each with your Smartphone.5 | student answers will vary5 | 6. Go back to the one of the library computers and locate the library blog. Look for the post entitled "QR Scavenger Hunt Question." Read the post and respond using complete sentences.6 | student answers will vary6 | 7. While still on the library computer, go to the desktop and locate the search icon (this is on the desktop - it is the green tree icon). Look up a book on religion, a book on the Holocaust, and a book on music. Write down the call numbers, locate each of the books, and take a picture of each one with your Smartphone.7 | student answers will vary7 | 8. Locate the magazine section of the library (current issue section). Take a picture of the three magazines that most inspire you.8 | student answers will vary8 | 9. Assume you are writing a research paper on a topic of your choice. Rather than using the search icon on the desktop of the student computers, come see me - Mrs. Laychuk - at the front counter and ask me to research one book for you. I will write down the call number, and then you will be asked to find it on your own. Take a picture of the sticky note with the number, the front of the book, and the spine of the book. Make sure to put the book back where you found it.9 | student answers will vary9 | 10. Take a picture of a family member or friend that attended North Peace Secondary (the older the better). Yearbooks are stored behind the counter so you will have to ask for help at the counter.10 | student answers will vary10 | 11. Go to the graphic book section of the library (pick one of the two locations), find a book that looks interesting, open it up, and take a picture with your Smartphone of an interesting character.11 | student answers will vary11 | 12. Go back to the library blog. Click on the "Oxford On-line Reference Material" page. Once there, click on "Oxford Art Online." Log in using the same username and password you were given in question one. Choose either Bansky or Monet (two amazing artists) and locate their biography. Print it off as proof that you completed this question OR show the page to a teacher.12 | student answers will vary12 | 13. Again, go to "Oxford On-line Reference Material" and this time click on "Oxford: Western Civilization Collection." Use the same password you used in questions one and twelve. Look up "Mary Shelley" and find three facts about her - date of birth, date of death, what she wrote that she is famous for. Print off the sheet with this information as proof of task completion OR show the page to a teacher.13 | student answers will vary13 | 14. Go to the "Documentation" page on the library blog. Be prepared to tell me (Mrs. Laychuk) what MLA stands for.14 | Modern Language Association14 | 15. Take a picture of you (or you and a friend) doing something memorable in the library (it must be school appropriate, of course) and email it to jlaychuk@prn.bc.ca15 | student answers will vary15 |
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