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. How many bones does the human body have? A- 206 B- 300 C- 170 D- 400 | A- 206 | 2. What is the biggest part of your digestive system called? A- stomach B- patella C- small intestine D- femur | C- small intestine | 3. Your heart is about the size of your A- head B- fist C- thumb D- wrist | B- fist | 4. When you breath what do your lungs take out the air? A- oxygen B- carbon dioxide C- helium | A- oxygen | 5. What do we need to help our bones grow? A- Vitamin D B- calcium D- water | B- calcium | 6. What does exercise do to our muscles? A- shrinks them B- nothing C- strengthens and stretches them | C- strengthens and stretches the muscles | 7. What is the proper name for your kneecap? | patella | 8. What is the longest and strongest bone in your body called and where can it be found? | femur in your thigh | 9. What is the proper name for your hip bone? | pelvis | 10. What are the small bones that form your spine called? A- vertebrae B- backbone C- patella | A- vertebrae | 11. What does your rib cage protect? | Your heart and lungs | 12. What 4 emergency services can you ask for if you dial 999? | Police, fire brigade, ambulance and coast guard | 13. What does the fluid around your brain do? | Protects it against bumps | 14. Where in your body would you find the radius and ulna bones? | your arm | 15. How many pairs of ribs do you have? A- 24 B- 6 C-12 | C- 12 | 16. What connects muscles to your bones? A- ligaments B- blood cells C- tendons | C- tendons | 17. How many chambers does your heart have? A- 1 B- 2 C- 3 D- 4 | D- 4 | 18. What makes the sound of your heart beating? A- your heart valves closing B- the chambers moving | A- your heart valves closing | 19. What does the heart pump around the body? | blood | 20. What is blood travelling towards your heart carried through? A- veins B- muscles C- bones | A- veins |
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