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 do vaccines contain | Vaccines contain dead or inactive forms of the disease | 2. Why do we have vaccinations | Vaccinations make us immune to diseases without catching it | 3. What illnesses does the MMR vaccine protect us against | Measles, Mumps and Rubella | 4. In the 1990’s MMR was linked to what condition | MMR was linked to autism | 5. Name 3 diseases that you have been vaccinated against | Any from: Polio, TB, MMR, Tetanus, Diptheria, meningitis C | 6. What is an antibiotic | An antibiotic is a chemical that kills bacteria and fungi | 7. What is an antibody | An antibody is a chemical made by certain white blood cells | 8. What can antibiotics destroy | An antibiotic is a chemical that kills bacteria and fungi | 9. List 4 lifestyle factors that increase the risk of heart disease | lack of exercise, smoking, diet, stress, high b.p. high cholesterol | 10. Why is heart disease more common in the UK than some other countries | In less developed countries the typical diet is lower in fat | 11. What happens to heart tissue if starved of oxygen | The heart tissue will die as respiration will stop | 12. What is a typical UK diet high in levels of | A UK diet is typically high in fat | 13. What do chemicals in cigarette smoke do to cells in the lungs | Damage them and cause cancer |
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