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.
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1. Find the Fiction section in the Media Center and look at how the books are in order on the shelf. We do not have a book written by Julie Orringer in our media center, but if we did, what Call No. would it have on its spine? | answer. | 2. What is your favorite book? | answer | 3. Find the Biography section in the Media Center and look at how the books are in order on the shelf. We do not have a book about Michael Phelps in our media center, but if we did what would the Call No. be for it? | answer | 4. On any computer, go to Horizon Information Portal (from the Programs menu) to answer this question. If you are interested in reading a Fiction book about basketball, what is the name of a book you could read? | answer. | 5. Find the Non-Fiction section of the Media Center. Which section (000s, 100s, 200s, 300s, 400s, 500s, 600s, 700s, 800s, or 900s) would books about war be located in? | answer | 6. Mallard Creek HS has a collection of e-books that can be viewed on any iPad or Android device. See your Media Specialist if you'd like to download the app. On any computer, use the Horizon Information Portal (from the Programs menu) to answer this question. Do a search for Sarah Dessen. Name a book by Sarah Dessen that we have in e-book format. | answer. | 7. Find the display of books that are being made into movies. If you were to read one of these books, which one would it be and WHY? Explain in a well written paragraph. | answer | 8. On any computer, go to Horizon Information Portal (from the Programs menu) to look up the book Girls Got Game. What is the Collection and Call No. of the book? | answer | 9. Find the Graphic Novel section of the media center. What is the highest volume of Naruto that we have? | answer | 10. On any computer, go to Horizon Information Portal (from the Programs menu). Click the tab across the top that says ‘My Account’. Type in your Student ID to login. From here you can see what you have checked out, when it is due, and you can renew your books. Now logout and type in Student ID 8258140. What books does this student have out and when are they due? | answer |
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