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. A depressant drug created by a chemical reaction of fruits, vegetables and grains | Alcohol | 2. Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) | How alcohol is measured | 3. The scarring and destruction of the liver tissue due to heavy alcohol use | Cirrhosis | 4. A physical and mental need for alcohol | Alcoholism | 5. When the body becomes used to a drug and needs greater amounts to get the desired effect | Tolerance | 6. A physical or psychological need for a drug or other substance | Addiction | 7. Gateway | marijuana and cigarettes | 8. TRUE | inhalant | 9. Gas, spray paint, computer duster, air freshners, aerosal sprays | Types of inhalants | 10. Memory and attention span, affects coordination and balance and slows reaction time | Marijuana affects | 11. An addictive stimulant drug found in tobabcco | nicotine | 12. A colorless, odorless,poisonous gas produced when tobacoo burns | Carbon monoxide | 13. Size and gender, food in the stomach, how fast a person drinks, other substances in the body, surroundings, mental/emotional state | Impact of alcohol on people | 14. 5 or more for men and 4 or more for women | Binge Drinking | 15. Slurred speech, slows breathing, loss of coordination, slowed relexes, distorted vision, poor judgement | How alcohol can affect the CNS | 16. Skin:cause wrinkles, mouth:stains teeth, bad breath, throat:throat cancer | ways tobacco harms the body | 17. 1,400 | number of chemicals in inhalants |
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