QR Challenge: L.O. Can I use QR codes to help me find out about our Solar system?

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. What is the order of the planets in our solar system?
2. What planets have moons?	none
3. Why is it called the Solar system?	none
4. How old is the sun?	none
5. Find three interesting things about Mercury.	none
6. Find three interesting things about Venus.	none
7. Find three interesting things about Earth.	none
8. Find three interesting things about Mars.	none
9. Find three interesting things about Jupiter.	none
10. Find three interesting things about Saturn.	none
11. Find three interesting things about Uranus.	none
12. Find three interesting things about Neptune.	none
13. Find three interesting things about Pluto.	none
14. What is Expedition 34?	none
15. Why is your weight different on other plannets? Explain your answer.	none
16. What would your weight be on other planets?	none

 

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