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. What is the area of Australia? | Australias land area is about 7.692 million square kilometres. | 2. What are 3 interesting things about Australia as a continent? | It is the lowest, flattest, the smallest of the worlds continents and (apart from Antarctica) the driest. | 3. What is the highest mountain in Australia? Where is it and how high is it | Mount Kosciuszko. It is in NSW and is 2228 metres above sea level. | 4. How much of Australia is classified as desert? | 20% | 5. Name 3 types of climates that are found in Australia. | Tropical rainforests, deserts, cool temperature forests, snow covered mountains. |
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