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. 1. Prefixes can be added to a root, or part of a word, to form a new word. For this reason, prefixes are considered affixes—they affix or attach themselves to parts of words. A prefix is a letter or group of letters that is added to the beginning of a root to change its meaning an drake a new word. For example, adding the prefix un- to the word common forms a new word, uncommon. | Read | 2. 2. Understanding the meaning of a prefix can give you the first clue to discovering what the entire word means. Remember that prefixes can change the meaning of a root word. jFor example, if your teacher tells you that you have “misinterpreted” an assignment, you might know that “interpret” means to understand. Before you think you’ve done well on the assignment, check to see what mis- means on the chart. “Misinterpret” means to incorrectly understand. You might need to take another look at what you were supposed to do. | Read | 3. 3. What does the word subnormal mean? A. Below normal, B. Many kinds of normal, C. To be ahead of normal, D. Between being normal | A Below Normal. This question tests whether you know what the prefix sub- means. If you recall the chart, you low that it means “under.” | 4. 4. What does the word automatic mean? A. A machine that works incorrectly, B. A machine that is between jobs, C. A machine that controls itself, D. A machine that does many jobs. | Since you know that the prefix auto- means “self,” you can easily answer the question with choice C. | 5. 5. Discuss this with your group: What words can you think of that begin with the prefix re-? | repeat, redo, rewrite, etc. | 6. 6. Which word has a prefix that means people? A. Demographic, B. Envelope, C. Intercontinental, D. Misunderstand Think about word democracy, what does it mean? | A | 7. 7. Which word means “spelled incorrectly?” A. Multiple, B. Propelled, C. Misspelled, D. Compelled Use what you know about prefixes to help you identify the word. | C | 8. 8. Which word has a prefix that means “many”? A. Encouragement, B. Multitude, C. Proceed, D. Tranport | B | 9. 9. Which word means to send something across from one place to another? A. Progress, B. Autopilot, C. Combine, D. Transfer | D |
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