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. On the Science Kids website The great barrier reef is the largest coral reef in the world? True or False | True | 2. On the Science Kids website Where is the great Barrier Reef located? | Queensland Australia | 3. On the Science Kids website How many miles in length is the Great Barrier Reef? | 1616 miles | 4. On the Science Kids website What is the greatest threat to Coral reefs? | Climate Change | 5. On the Great Barrier Reef website Astronauts can not see the Great Barrier Reef from space True or False? | False | 6. On the Great Barrier Reef website tell me how many kinds of fish live in the Great Barrier Reef? | 1500 | 7. On the Great Barrier Reef website tell me 3 of the most deadliest animals found on the reef? | Box Jellyfish, blue ringed octopus, and stone fish | 8. On the Great Barrier Reef website What is the Great Barrier Reef called? | One of the seven natural wonders of the world | 9. On the Youtube link Watch bubbles on the reef video - Did you see any Sea Turtles? How Many | yes and 2 | 10. Watch the PBS video link in the folder and tell me what they call the Coral Reef in the video at the very beginning? | A city for fish | 11. In the PBS video All the daytime fish hide at night, true or false? | True | 12. On the WWF website tell me how many mollusks species live in the coral reef? | 3000 | 13. On the Sheppard Website link How many species of coral are there? | 1000 | 14. On the Sheppard Website why are Sea Turtles endangered? | boats, people |
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