QR Challenge: Book Week Scavenger Hunt
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
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
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
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!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. Who is the boy who lived under the stairs? | Harry Potter
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2. What is the name of the Headmaster in Matilda? | Miss Trunchbull
| 3. How many 'Weirdo' books are there? | 8
| 4. What is the Diary of a Wimpy Kids Dad's name? | Frank Heffley
| 5. Who wears red and white stripes and is hard to find? | Where's Wally
| 6. "Gotta catch em' all" is a catchphrase for what book/tv show? | Pokemon
| 7. What is the name of the second Harry Potter book? | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
| 8. What is the name of the book we read about mechanical insects? | Mechanica
| 9. Who is the author of the Ruby Redford books? | Lauren Child
| 10. In Charlotte's Web, what is the name of the pig the Charlotte becomes friends with? | Wilbur
| 11. What is the name of the Lion in 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? | Aslan
| 12. Who are Harry Potter's best friends? | Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger
| 13. In Alice in Wonderland, one of the Queen of Heart’s favourite hobbies is croquet. She uses flamingos as mallets, but what does she use for the balls? | Hedgehogs
| 14. In Liz Pichon’s Tom Gates books, what was the name of Tom Gates’ band? | Dogzombies
| 15. Who was the first Mr Men character? | Mr Tickle
| 16. What colour is Little Miss Chatterbox? | Pink |
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_is_the_boy_who_lived_under_the_stairs?
Question 1 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_name_of_the_Headmaster_in_Matilda?
Question 2 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_'Weirdo'_books_are_there?
Question 3 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_Diary_of_a_Wimpy_Kids_Dad's_name?
Question 4 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_wears_red_and_white_stripes_and_is_hard_to_find?
Question 5 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text="Gotta_catch_em'_all"_is_a_catchphrase_for_what_book/tv_show?
Question 6 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_name_of_the_second_Harry_Potter_book?
Question 7 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_name_of_the_book_we_read_about_mechanical_insects?
Question 8 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_is_the_author_of_the_Ruby_Redford_books?
Question 9 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_Charlotte's_Web,_what_is_the_name_of_the_pig_the_Charlotte_becomes_friends_with?
Question 10 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_name_of_the_Lion_in_'The_Lion,_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe?
Question 11 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_are_Harry_Potter's_best_friends?
Question 12 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_Alice_in_Wonderland,_one_of_the_Queen_of_Heart’s_favourite_hobbies_is_croquet._She_uses_flamingos_as_mallets,_but_what_does_she_use_for_the_balls?
Question 13 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_Liz_Pichon’s_Tom_Gates_books,_what_was_the_name_of_Tom_Gates’_band?
Question 14 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_was_the_first_Mr_Men_character?
Question 15 (of 16)
Book Week Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_colour_is_Little_Miss_Chatterbox?
Question 16 (of 16)
