QR Challenge: The Solar System

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

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!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Which planet is 3rd from the sun?	Earth
2. Which planet is 5th from the sun?	Jupiter
3. Which planet rotates on its side?	Uranus
4. Which planet is similar to Earth's moon in size and color?	Mercury
5. What object is at the center of the solar system?	Sun
6. Which planet is 6th from the sun?	Saturn
7. Which planet is 1st from the sun?	Mercury
8. What object rotates around Earth?	Moon
9. Which planet is 8th from the sun?	Neptune
10. Which object is a large star?	Sun
11. Which planet is blue in color?	Neptune
12. Which planet is the largest?	Jupiter
13. Which planet is known as Earth's sister planet because it is similar in size and has a similar gravitational pull?	Venus
14. Which planet is known for its rings of ice and rock fragments?	Saturn
15. What planet do you live on?	Earth
16. Which planet is 2nd from the sun?	Venus
17. Which planet is known as the red planet?	Mars
18. Which planet is 4th from the sun?	Mars
19. Which planet is 7th from the sun?	Uranus
20. What's the name of the system that consists of the sun, moon, the eight planets, and other objects?	The Solar System

 

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