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.
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1. Who was William Bartram? | He was an American naturalist who explored much of the St. Johns River, drawing detailed pictures of the flora and fauna. | 2. What is "flora" and "fauna"? | Flora refers to the plant life of an area; fauna refers to the animal life of a region. | 3. What is binomial nomenclature? | It is the two-part naming system used by scientists to identify living things. | 4. What is biodiversity? | Biodiversity refers to the variety of living things that exists in a particular habitat or ecosystem. | 5. Which area of the world has the greatest biodiversity? | The greatest biodiversity in the world exists in rainforests. |
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