Inspired by a QR Code Treasure Hunt at EduTECH, with the prize a new car (no I did not win even though I spent time hunting for codes) I have created a Book Week – Escape to Everywhere QR Code Treasure Hunt linked to the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Shortlist Younger Readers and Picture Book books.
The Younger Readers Treasure Hunt, Picture Books Treasure Hunt and Answer recording sheets can all be found on my TES Teaching Resources site and they are free!
This Treasure Hunt is aimed at Years 3-6 and due to students needing to know a little bit about each book, it would take a few lessons. Students will need a QR Code reader to scan the codes.
To set this task up I suggest the following:
- Introduce/read the CBCA Shortlist Younger Readers and Picture Books
- Print, cut out and stick the QR codes around the library or school (do not cut off the header or question numbers)
- Print out the answer sheets for each student
- Introduce the task, demonstrate how to scan and fill in the answer sheet
- Plan when students can do the Treasure Hunt and for how long it will run
- Have a special box for the answer sheets (one for Younger Readers and one for Picture Books)
- Draw an answer sheet from the box, the first one with the correct answers wins a prize
I would like to thank The PE Geek who’s guide How to make a QR Treasure Hunt provided a step by step guide and link to Classtools.net QR Treasure Hunt Generator which enabled me to create this QR Treasure Hunt.