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 force? | push or pull | 2. What is motion? | change in direction or location | 3. What is the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces? | balanced forces don't change motion, unbalanced forces change the motion of an object | 4. How can unbalanced forces change the motion of an object? | it can change the speed, direction or position | 5. What are the 3 parts of an atom? | proton, neutron, electron | 6. What does the atomic number tell you about the atom? | the number of protons | 7. What are is the charge of each of the following: proton, neutron, electron? | Proton - positive, neutron - neutral, electron - negative | 8. Where are the proton, neutron and electron located? | Proton and neutron - nucleus, electron - shells or levels around the nucleus | 9. What causes chemical digestion in the mouth? | saliva | 10. What is the function of the integumentary system? | receives communication from environment, protects the body's deeper tissues, excretes wastes, rids the body of heat, synthesizes vitamin D | 11. What is the function of the endocrine system? | sends signals in the form of hormones, controls growth, reproduction and metabolism | 12. What does the pancreas do to blood sugar? | regulates blood sugar |
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