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. Find the nonfiction books whose call number starts with the number 940.1. What are these books about? (in general) | Medieval | 2. Write down the title of a fictional book written by Avi that we own in the library. | Crispin,Midnight Magic,etc | 3. In the Quick Reference area, what can be found in the Atlases? | Maps | 4. In our Biography section, write down the title of a book about a person whose last name starts with the letter “W.” | Wilder, | 5. Find the Conservationist magazine and write down the state on which it focuses its articles. | New York State |
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