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. 1. Where do you go to checkout a book? | Circulation Desk | 2. 2. What are first two call numbers on a graphic novel? | GN | 3. 3. What is the log on password for the library computer lab? | go cats | 4. 4. What information do you need to put on the library sign in sheet? | name, hour, teacher, reason | 5. 5. What is the call number for the book titled “Make a Podcast”? | 006.7ANN | 6. 6. Where do you return books? | Book drop | 7. 7. How many computers are in the library computer lab? | 14 | 8. 8. What do you need to checkout a book? Go to where you get one. | Student ID | 9. 9. What is the call number for encyclopedias? | REF 031 | 10. 10. In the World Book Encyclopedia published in 1999 find the page number with the picture of your art teacher under the word “Sculpture? | 232 | 11. 11. Where are this year’s 20 nominated Rebecca Caudill books located? | On top of fiction shelves | 12. 12. Who is the book with the call number “92 EAR” about? | Esther Earl | 13. 13. What is the title of the book John Green wrote based on the answer from question #12? | The Fault in Our Stars. | 14. 14. Our section of donated books is called Amy’s Corner 2. What was Amy’s last name? | Salaba | 15. 15. What is the name of our magazine about Illinois? | Heartland Illinois | 16. 16. On what page of the largest book of its kind, in our library, would you find the definition for the word library? | 1108 | 17. 17. In the book series The Rangers Apprentice what is the main character’s name? | Will | 18. 18. Who wrote the book “The Fourth Stall”? | Chris Rylander | 19. 19. I wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Look for the next clue under my head. | Mark Twain bust | 20. 20. What is the call number of the reference book titled “The West”? | REF 978 WAR | 21. 21. What is the subject of the books with the call numbers 811? | poetry | 22. 22. How many pages are in the book titled Small Game Hunting? | 32 | 23. 23. What is the title of book number 5 in the Shadow Children Book series? | Among the Brave | 24. 24. How many books do we have on the subject of “Near Death Experiences”? Find the nonfiction book. | 2 | 25. 25. Who made our Amy’s Corner 2 sign? | Mrs. Ziller | 26. 26. Where does your name go if you have more than 200 RC points? | Top Shelf Reading display | 27. 27. How many books do we have in our library on the Titanic? | 21 | 28. 28. What is the month and date of your librarian’s birthday? It is the same day as Katniss in “The Hunger Games”. | May 8 |
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