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. This property allows water to help to resist drastic temperature changes. | high specific heat | 2. This is water bonding to itself with hydrogen bonds. | cohesion | 3. This is water moving up against gravity. | capillary action | 4. Water has uneven charges, allowing it to dissolve most substances. It is because it is a _______molecule. | polar | 5. Groundwater is stored in ___________. | aquifers | 6. This is the movement of water through the soil. | infiltration | 7. This type of well pulls water up from a confined aquifer. | Artesian well | 8. This biome is created when rivers meet the ocean. | estuary | 9. The predominant biome on coasts is called______. | intertidal zones | 10. This type of aquatic biome is the most biodiverse, called the TRF of the ocean. | coral reef | 11. When the groundwater is withdrawen at a high rate, the ground can sink. THis is called | substinence | 12. This is when roads, buildings, and sea walls are built on barrier islands.These are called | hard stabilization | 13. This is the upper limit of an unconfined aquifer. | water table | 14. Water that fills and stays in indentions in the land is called | surface waters |
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