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. What is the measure used to calculate the human demand on the Earth's ecosystems? | ecological footprint | 2. According to research what are over 17,000 animal and plant species threatened by? | extinction | 3. What type of tree, the world's largest living organism, is being cloned to help restore the dying species? | sequoias | 4. What term refers to the increase in the temperatures of the earth due to release of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane? | global warming | 5. What are the effects of deforestation? | less oxygen available to all living things | 6. What is nature deficit disorder? | the psychological, physical and cognitive costs of human alienation from nature | 7. What three human activities have the greatest environmental impact? | air pollution, habitat destruction and depletion of natural resources | 8. What are the effects of ozone depletion? | increased levels of ultraviolet light | 9. How might technology threaten the natural world? | Technology can replace real world experiences and subsequently disconnect people from the problems that occur in nature | 10. What single action by humans could have the greatest impact to help the environment? | establish sustainable living habits |
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