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 advantage of using scientific names instead of using common names like cat or dog? | morespecific/accurate | 2. How might you classify a sunflower, a robin, a lizard, a blue jay, and a tree? | several possible answers | 3. An animal's scientific name is Perognathus californicus. What are three things you can tell me about this animal? | location of animal, type of animal, genus, species | 4. Suppose someone told you that a jaguarundi is classified in the same genus as house cats. What characteristics and behaviors do you think a jaguarundi might have? | animal has tail, can purr, claws, fur | 5. How is the organization of time using calendars and clocks similar to the levels of classification of living things? | broken down in smaller portions |
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How might you classify a sunflower, a robin, a lizard, a blue jay, and a tree?&choe=UTF-8
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An animal's scientific name is Perognathus californicus. What are three things you can tell me about this animal?&choe=UTF-8
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Suppose someone told you that a jaguarundi is classified in the same genus as house cats. What characteristics and behaviors do you think a jaguarundi might have?&choe=UTF-8
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How is the organization of time using calendars and clocks similar to the levels of classification of living things? &choe=UTF-8
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