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. What is a biotic factor? | living thing | 2. What is an abiotic factor? | non-living thing | 3. What is the process called that green plants use to supply their own energy? | photosynthesis | 4. What are groups of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area at the same time called? | populations | 5. What are components of an ecosystem that are able to make their own food called? | producers | 6. Name three different types of consumers. | herbivores, carnivores, omnivores | 7. What is the name for consumers that break down dead plants and animals into smaller pieces? | decomposers | 8. What do you call a diagram that shows the amount of energy transferred in a food chain? | energy pyramid | 9. What is the name for a species that naturally lives in a certain area? | native species? | 10. What is the name of the pyramid that shows how all life fits together? Hint...It is the name of the TED-ED video we uploaded online. | biological organization | 11. THIS IS A SHORT ANSWER QUESTION. YOU SHOULD ANSWER IN PARAGRAPH FORM. Name the five basic needs of biotic elements. Choose a living organism and describe its ideal environment. Consider the things that would be essential to its survival. | varies | 12. THIS IS A SHORT ANSWER QUESTION. YOU SHOULD ANSWER IN PARAGRAPH FORM. Each year, dandelions sprout on lawns across Chatham-Kent. Describe the impact they have on their surroundings as well as some of the challenges in removing them. | varies | 13. THIS IS A LONG ANSWER QUESTION. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRODUCE AT LEAST TWO PARAGRAPHS. Watch the following YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnYHFRq7-5s Then choose a specific area of life with which humans need to improve their sustainability and describe the current situation as well as potential solutions. | varies |
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