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. Name 4 Characteristics of animals. | multicellular, heterotrophs, reproduce sexually, move freely | 2. What is an herbivore? | animals that eat only plants | 3. Animals are divided into 35 major groups called | phyla | 4. 3 ways biologists classify animals? | structure of its body, way it develops as an embryo, DNA | 5. What is a backbone? | a series of bones that run down the center of the back | 6. An animal that does not have a backbone? | invertebrate | 7. An animal with a backbone? | vertebrateWhat helps an organism to survive in its environment or reproduce | 8. What percent of animals have an invertebrate? | 95% | 9. Name the 6 Kingdoms? | Plant, Animal, Fungi, Protist, Eubacteria, Archeabacteria | 10. Name the Classifiaction System in order. | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
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