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. Jan has a garden. If 7/10 of the plants in her garden are tulips, which statement could be true? A. Out of a total of 7 plants, one plant is a tulip. B. Out of a total of 7 plants, 10 plants are tulips. C. Out of a total of 35 plants, 15 plants are tulips. D. Out of a total of 30 plants, 21 plants are tulips. | D | 2. Jim colored 24 of the 48 eggs in the carton. Which of the following is NOT an equivalent fraction? A.12/24 B.1/2 C.2/6 D. 4/8 | C | 3. Model an equivalent fraction for 2/6. | See picture. | 4. Generate an equivalent fraction for 3/5 using multiplication. | Answers will vary | 5. Are the fractions 1/3 and 8/24 equivalent? Explain why or why not. | yes, 1x8=8 and 3x8=24 | 6. Lizzie walked 6/10 mile and Billy walked 1/2 mile. Billy said they walked the same distance. Do you agree with Billy? Explain your answer. | No 1/2 is equal to 5/10 and 6/10 is greater than 5/10. | 7. If 3 people shared 2 sub sandwiches equally, how much sub did each person receive? | 2/3 | 8. If 4 people shared 3 sub sandwiches equally, how much sub did each person receive? | 3/4 |
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