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. Which requirement for life is present on the Earth but not on the moon? | liquid water | 2. What does the Earth revolve around? | the Sun | 3. How long does one revolution of the Earth take? | 365 days | 4. How long does it take for the Earth to rotate once on its axis? | 24 hours | 5. Name an organism that depends directly on the sun for energy. | any producer | 6. What provides energy that allows the water cycle to work? | the Sun | 7. Weather is what you ______, climate is what you ________. | get, expect | 8. During what season does Texas receive the most direct sunlight? | summer | 9. What stage is present in incomplete metamorphosis but NOT in complete metamorphosis? | nymph | 10. Explain what happens with carbon dioxide and oxygen when a person breathes. | inhale oxygen, exhale carbon dioxide | 11. Give an example of a learned behavior. | a lion jumping through a hoop | 12. Where does an animal get inherited traits? | its parents | 13. What does an herbivore eat? | plants |
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