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. In the basement of a house or building | Where is the safest place to be during a tornado? | 2. The amount of water in the air | What is humidity? | 3. Anemometer | What is the name of the instrument used to measure wind speed? | 4. Nevada | What is the driest state in the United States? | 5. Faster | Do crickets chirp faster or slower when the weather is warm? | 6. A cloud that is near the ground | What is fog? | 7. Over 155 miles per hour | How fast are the winds in a category 5 hurricane? | 8. 15 minutes | What is the average lifespan of a tornado | 9. A tornado over water | What is a waterspout | 10. Because the snow reflects the sunlight | Why is the South Pole the sunniest place on Earth? | 11. Metal and water | Name two things that lightning is attracted to. | 12. Over 50,000f or Hotter than the surface of the sun | How hot is a bolt of lightning? | 13. 134f or 57f | What was the hottest temperature ever recorded in the United States? | 14. Cumulus Clouds | What are fluffy cotton like clouds called? | 15. A person trained to predict the weather | What is a meteorologist? | 16. -89f or -67c | What was the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth? | 17. In the morning or evening when the sun is low in the sky | During what time of the day are rainbows most likely to form? | 18. Before 1979 all hurricanes had female names;since 1979 they've had both male and female names | How are hurricanes names before 1979 from those after 1979? |
In the basement of a house or building&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 18)
The amount of water in the air&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 18)
Anemometer&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 18)
Nevada&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 18)
Faster&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 18)
A cloud that is near the ground&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 18)
Over 155 miles per hour&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 18)
15 minutes&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 18)
A tornado over water&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 18)
Because the snow reflects the sunlight&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 18)
Metal and water&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 18)
Over 50,000f or Hotter than the surface of the sun&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 18)
134f or 57f&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 18)
Cumulus Clouds&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 18)
A person trained to predict the weather&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 18)
-89f or -67c&choe=UTF-8
Question 16 (of 18)
In the morning or evening when the sun is low in the sky&choe=UTF-8
Question 17 (of 18)
Before 1979 all hurricanes had female names;since 1979 they've had both male and female names&choe=UTF-8
Question 18 (of 18)
