QR Challenge: To infinity and beyond!

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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.

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!

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.

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. What planet is the largest in our solar system?	Jupiter
2. Which planet is closest to the sun?	Mercury
3. How many days does it take for Earth to orbit the sun?	365
4. What makes Mars the 'red' planet?	iron oxide dust
5. Which planet is often mistaken for a UFO because it is so bright in the sky?	Venus
6. Why is Earth the only planet known to harbour life?	land and water plus temperature
7. Which planet has visible rings?	Saturn
8. Why is Pluto not considered a planet?	Dwarf planet smaller than our moon
9. Why does Uranus have a blue/green tint?	methane in its atmosphere
10. What causes night and day?	Earth rotating and facing surface towards and away from sun
11. How are shadows formed?	An object blocking the path of light, shadow forms on dark side of object
12. Why do shadows change or move during the day?	Depends on suns place in sky
13. Why is it colder in winter?	Earth further away from sun's heat
14. Why could you jump 6 times higher on the moon than Earth?	Gravity on the moon is 1/6 of the Earths.
15. Which is the hottest planet?	Venus
16. Why will footprints on the moon stay there forever?	No wind to blow them away
17. When was the first manmade object sent into space?	1957 Russian satellite called Sputnik
18. A star is made from a very hot gas called what?	Plasma
19. How long does light from the sun take to reach Earth?	8 minutes
20. When does a solar eclipse occur?	Moon is between sun and earth