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 Four layers of the Earth are inner core, outer core, mantle and crust | What are the 4 layers of the Earth? | 2. Tectonic plates are large areas of the Earth's crust that move slowly on the upper part of the mantle. Because they are moving they can collide with each other | What are tectonic plates? | 3. Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely to occur at plate boundaries | Where are Earthquakes and volcanoes most likely to happen? | 4. The two types of crust are continental crust and oceanic crust. Continental crust carries land and oceanic crust carries water | What are the two types of crust? | 5. Magma is molten rock inside the Earth, while lava is molten rock once it leaves the volcano. | What is the difference between magma and lava? | 6. The inner and outer core of the Earth are both made of nickel and iron. | What is the same about the inner and outer core of the Earth? | 7. The inner core is solid while the outer core is liquid. | What is different about the inner and outer core of the Earth? | 8. We live on the Earth's crust. | Which layer of the Earth do we live on? | 9. The widest layer of the Earth is the mantle, which is around 2900km thick! | Which is the widest layer of the Earth? | 10. The mantle is made up of both molten and solid rock. It tends to be more molten towards the outer core. | Which layer of the Earth is both solid and liquid? | 11. Magma is molten rock inside the Earth, Lava is molten rock when it leaves the volcano | What is the difference between magma and lava? |
The Four layers of the Earth are inner core, outer core, mantle and crust&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 11)
Tectonic plates are large areas of the Earth's crust that move slowly on the upper part of the mantle. Because they are moving they can collide with each other&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 11)
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely to occur at plate boundaries&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 11)
The two types of crust are continental crust and oceanic crust. Continental crust carries land and oceanic crust carries water&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 11)
Magma is molten rock inside the Earth, while lava is molten rock once it leaves the volcano.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 11)
The inner and outer core of the Earth are both made of nickel and iron.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 11)
The inner core is solid while the outer core is liquid.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 11)
We live on the Earth's crust.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 11)
The widest layer of the Earth is the mantle, which is around 2900km thick!&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 11)
The mantle is made up of both molten and solid rock. It tends to be more molten towards the outer core.&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 11)
Magma is molten rock inside the Earth, Lava is molten rock when it leaves the volcano&choe=UTF-8
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