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. What is the very top of the tree called? | crown | 2. What is the largest type of forest found in Alberta?2 | Boreal forest2 | 3. What are the two types of trees?3 | Coniferous and Deciduous3 | 4. What kind of tree is the largest tree in the world?4 | California Redwood4 | 5. What is the process of plants making their own food called?5 | Photsynthesis5 | 6. What do trees take in and breathe out?6 | oxygen and carbon dioxide6 | 7. What makes leaves green?7 | Chlorophyll7 | 8. What are the signs of a drought on a tree cookie?8 | thin rings8 | 9. True or false: Do decidious and coniferous trees lose their leaves every year?9 | False9 | 10. How do you tell the age of a tree?10 | count the rings10 |
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