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 the Dewey Decimal number for Religion? | 200 | 2. What can you think if you make a mistake? | Mistakes help me improve | 3. Who is the Saint of your school? | St Kieran | 4. Who is one of the people that can help me find things in the Library? | Mrs Schlencker | 5. What colour box are the Geronimo Stilton books in? | Pink | 6. Which Browser Box does the Pick of the Week book belong in? | 7. Write the name of a Junior Fiction book with an author last name beginning with L | Many to choose from | 8. What is the Dewey Decimal Number for Sharks? | 597.3 | 9. What is the call number of this book? | Range | 10. What section of the Library does this book belong in? | Fiction | 11. What section of the Library does this book belong in? | Easy Fiction | 12. Do I have to be at school to look up what books we have in the Library? | NO! | 13. Do the Aboriginal Dreaming books have call numbers beginning with 200, or 800 or Both? | Both | 14. What colour are the stickers for Easy Fiction Picture Books? | Blue | 15. What colour are the stickers for the Fiction Picture Books? | Purple | 16. What are these used for? | Browser cards and Borrower cards | 17. How many books can I borrow from the Library at once? | Two | 18. In the Library do we Run or Walk or Ride Bikes? | Walk | 19. In the Library do we Be helpful or Be respectful or Be Both or Be Neither? | Both! | 20. Which series of books are in a Red Box? | Astrosaurs, EJ12, FairyMeadow, RainbowFaries, Pearlie | 21. What does Non Fiction mean? | Real stuff | 22. What does Fiction mean? | Not real, made up | 23. What is your favourite part of the Library? Write it here! | Write it down | 24. Does Mrs Schlencker live in the Library? | Sometimes | 25. Is it lunch time next? | Yes or no | 26. Is it home time yet? | Yes or no | 27. How many Teddies live in the Library? | 7 | 28. How many Monkeys live in the Library? | 4 | 29. Do we need a bigger LEGO wall? | Yes | 30. Are you having a fun day? | Yes | 31. What is the Call Number for this book? | Something | 32. What are the first three letters of the Authors name? | Something |
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