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. Where is Macquarie Island? | Between Australia and New Zealand | 2. Who is Macquarie Island named after? | Governor Macquarie - the former governor of NSW | 3. Name two animals that are native to Macquarie Island. | King penguins, elephant seals, wekas, lorikeets | 4. Name two animals that were introduced to Macquarie Island by humans. | rabbits, cats, dogs, rodents | 5. Who was the famous Australian explorer who made Macquarie Island the base between Australia and Antarctica? | Douglas Mawson | 6. When did the sealers come to Macquarie Island? | In the early 1820s | 7. For what two reasons did the sealers kill Macquarie Island's seals? | For blubber and fur | 8. Why did the sealers introduce rabbits to Macquarie Island? | As an extra food source | 9. What three problems have the rabbits caused on Macquarie Island? | Soil erosion, burrowing in birds' nests, eating all vegetation | 10. When did experts first attempt to eradicate the rabbits on Macquarie Island? | In the 1970s | 11. How has killing feral cats on Macquarie Island affected the rabbits? | They do not have a predator anymore so have multiplied rapidly | 12. What are experts using to FIND the rabbits on Macquarie Island? | Sniffer dogs | 13. What are experts using to ERRADICATE the rabbits on Macquarie Island? | Poisoned pellets | 14. What NEGATIVE impact will eradicating the rabbits have on the wildlife at Macquarie Island? | Some of the native marine birds will be poisoned too. | 15. True or False: There are now no more rabbits left on Macquarie island. | False | 16. What did the famous Australian explorer who came to Macquarie Island erect on it? | A radio tower/transmitter | 17. True or False: Macquarie Island is now a luxury resort for wealthy tourists. | False - tourists only stop over on the way to Antarctica | 18. How much money is been spent on the rabbit eradication program run by the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service? | $25,000,000 | 19. Why is it so important that Macquarie Island's wildlife and vegetation protected? | Answers will vary: it is a World Heritage Site, the animals are rare/native to few areas etc. |
Where is Macquarie Island?&choe=UTF-8
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Who is Macquarie Island named after?&choe=UTF-8
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Name two animals that are native to Macquarie Island.&choe=UTF-8
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Name two animals that were introduced to Macquarie Island by humans.&choe=UTF-8
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Who was the famous Australian explorer who made Macquarie Island the base between Australia and Antarctica?&choe=UTF-8
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When did the sealers come to Macquarie Island?&choe=UTF-8
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For what two reasons did the sealers kill Macquarie Island's seals?&choe=UTF-8
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Why did the sealers introduce rabbits to Macquarie Island?&choe=UTF-8
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What three problems have the rabbits caused on Macquarie Island?&choe=UTF-8
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When did experts first attempt to eradicate the rabbits on Macquarie Island?&choe=UTF-8
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How has killing feral cats on Macquarie Island affected the rabbits?&choe=UTF-8
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What are experts using to FIND the rabbits on Macquarie Island?&choe=UTF-8
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What are experts using to ERRADICATE the rabbits on Macquarie Island?&choe=UTF-8
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What NEGATIVE impact will eradicating the rabbits have on the wildlife at Macquarie Island?&choe=UTF-8
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True or False: There are now no more rabbits left on Macquarie island.&choe=UTF-8
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What did the famous Australian explorer who came to Macquarie Island erect on it?&choe=UTF-8
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True or False: Macquarie Island is now a luxury resort for wealthy tourists.&choe=UTF-8
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How much money is been spent on the rabbit eradication program run by the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service?&choe=UTF-8
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Why is it so important that Macquarie Island's wildlife and vegetation protected?&choe=UTF-8
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