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. The beginning page that tells the name of the book, who wrote it, and who published it. | 2. Table of Contents | List of the parts of a book with their starting page numbers. | 3. Glossary | A list of the important words (keywords) in a book with their meanings. | 4. Index | List of important topics with their page number often found in the back of the book. | 5. Subtitle | The title of a chapter or major section. | 6. Heading | The title of a page or section that tells what the reader will be reading about. | 7. Subheading | The title below the heading that categories the information into specific sections. | 8. Keywords | Important words about the topic that stand out on the page, either in colour, bold or italic. | 9. Caption | A phrase, sentence, or short paragraph that describes a picture. | 10. Illustrations and Photographs | Pictures that show how something looks: Illustrations are drawings while photographs are made with a camera. | 11. Diagrams | A picture that shows the parts of something or how something works. | 12. Labels | Words that identify the parts of a drawing or photograph. | 13. Map | A drawing or an are (land, oceans, or countries) that helps the reader understand where something happens. | 14. Charts and Graphs | Drawings that explain information. | 15. Text box | A separate box of text that tells interesting or important facts. | 16. Timeline | A line that shows the order that events happened in time. |
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