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. The reason that a straw looks bent in water | Refraction | 2. Because the gravity on the moon is less, if you visited the moon this measurement would be less | Weight | 3. The energy created by an electric fan or pencil sharpener | Mechanical Energy | 4. Smooth shiny surfaces will do this to light | Reflect | 5. A closed path that allows electricity to go through | Complete circuit | 6. This is what dark colors do to light | absorb | 7. A state of matter where the molecules are really spread out and move very fast | Gas | 8. This energy tells how fast the molecules are moving inside of an object and is measured in Degrees Celsius | Thermal Energy | 9. Vibrations | Sound | 10. The ability to dissolve in water and make a solution | Solubility | 11. Fruit salad or iron filings and sand or sand and water are called __________________ | Mixtures | 12. The state of matter where molecules are close together and barely move at all | Solid | 13. Salt Water, Sugar Water, Kool Aid, and Chocolate milk are all examples of _________ because something has been dissolved. | 14. 0 Degrees Celsius | Freezing Point | 15. Two opposite poles of a magnet (like North and South) will | Attract | 16. Congratulations! You made it all the way through! | 17. Sorry, wrong answer |
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