QR Challenge: Space

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

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!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

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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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Name all the planets	Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
2. What are the units of weight	Newton’s (N)
3. What force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun	Gravity
4. What is the 4th planet from the Sun	Mars
5. Name the planet furthest from the Sun	Neptune (Pluto)
6. How long does it take for the Earth to rotate on its axis	24 hours (1 day)
7. How long does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth	28 days
8. In which season is the Sun highest in the sky	summer
9. What do we call an object that is in orbit around a planet	Satellite
10. List 3 uses of artificial satellites	Weather/TV/communication/sat nav/ looking at Earth or other planets
11. How long does it take for the Earth to orbit the Sun	365 days
12. In which direction does the Sun rise	East
13. What galaxy are we part of	Milky way
14. Why do objects ‘float’ on the moon	Less gravity
15. When is it ‘day’ in the UK (think of the sun)	It is day when the sun light is facing the UK.
16. When is it ‘night’ in the UK (think of the sun)	It is night when the sun light is not facing the UK.
17. In which direction does the Sun set	West
18. Why do we have seasons	because planet earth is tilted on its axis
19. What object orbits Earth once every 28 days	the moon
20. If it is summer in the UK what season is it in Australia	winter
21. What hemisphere is the UK in	Northern hemisphere
22. What hemisphere is Australia in	Southern hemisphere
23. Name the seasons on planet Earth	summer, winter, spring and autumn
24. What planet is the closest to the sun	Mercury
25. What is the name of the largest planet	Jupiter
26. What is the sun	A giant star
27. What are the units of mass	Kilograms (Kg)
28. What keyword am I describing ‘The amount of space you take up’	Mass
29. What keyword am I describing ‘The force acting on your mass’	weight

 

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