QR Challenge: Physics Scavenger Hunt

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. Symbol for Force	F
2. Symbol for speed	m/s
3. Unit for Time	s
4. Unit for Mass	kg
5. Symbol for Tension	FT
6. Symbol for Coefficient of Friction	µ
7. Symbol for centripetal acceleration	ac
8. Unit for radius	m
9. Unit for Force	N
10. Symbol for Weight	Fg
11. Symbol for Acceleration	a
12. Unit for velocity	m/s
13. Unit for coefficient of friction	(none)
14. Symbol for Normal Force	FN
15. Symbol for time	t
16. Symbol for velocity	v
17. Symbol for position	x
18. Unit for position	m
19. Unit for period	s
20. Unit for Centripetal acceleration	m/s/2
21. Unit for frequency	1/s
22. Symbol for radius	r
23. Symbol for distance	d
24. Symbol for Period	T
25. Symbol for displacement	Δx
26. Symbol for Frictional Force	Ff
27. Symbol for frequency	f
28. Unit for speed	m/s
29. Unit for acceleration	m/s/s
30. Symbol for mass	m

 

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