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. A proton has a charge of positive one. An electron has a charge of negative one. Find the total charge of an ion with 12 protons and 15 electrons. | -3 | 2. John's bank account was overdrawn. The status of his account was -$4.15. He did not realize the problem and wrote another check for $25.00. The bank charged him a $20.00 fee for being overdrawn. What was the new status of John's account at this point? | -49.15 | 3. Find the difference in height between the top of a hill 973 feet high and a crack caused by an earthquake 79 feet below sea level. | 1052 feet | 4. Steve has overdrawn his checking account by $27. His bank charged him $15 for an overdraft fee. Then he quickly deposited $100. What is his current balance? | $58 | 5. The temperature at noon on a winter day was 8 degrees C. At midnight, the temperature had dropped 15 degrees. What was the temperature at midnight? | -7 |
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