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 hangs along the east wall of the library | 5th grade artwork | 2. Name the 2nd word in the third chapter of the first book in the series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” by Rick Riordan. [Fiction Section] | time | 3. Who was the Secretary of State under President Ford? [Almanac] | Henry Kissinger | 4. What are the 6 Provinces of Australia? [Atlas] | Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria | 5. Who are the two Heads of School, whose portraits are displayed in the media center? | Father Peter Farmer, Mrs. Laurie Boone | 6. Find one graphic novel in our collection, what is the title, author and call number? | various | 7. What is the Dewey classification for cookbooks? How many do we have listed uder Cookery, American- California style? | 641, 2 | 8. What does Risotto mean? | Rice cooked in stock and seasoned in various ways | 9. How are fiction books arranged? | Alphabetically according to author’s last name | 10. Find a book titled “Cooking up World History”. Look in the index for pita bread. A recipe for pita bread can be found on what page? | 152 | 11. Using the World book Encyclopedia what year did the Titanic sink? How many smokestacks did the ship have? | 1912, 4 | 12. Using OPAC – type in the subject Titanic – how many items do we have on the subject? | 13 | 13. Using OPAC – what books do we have that are written by Patrick Carman? | Beyond the Valley of Thorns, The Black Circle, The Dark Hills Divide, Stargazer, the Tenth City | 14. What image is on the front cover of the most recent issue of National Geographic? | The Bible | 15. What is the quote for the week on the message board to the left of the circulation desk? | “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge” | 16. Who won the 2012 Newbery Award? http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=9111 | Jack Gantos | 17. What book won the 2012 Caldecott Medal? http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=9111 | A Ball for Daisy |
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