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. In this room we participate in many sports that work our muscles. What do muscles need from the respiratory system to work well? | OXYGEN | 2. In this room you brain works hard reading, computing math problems, and making connections between scientific knowledge and hands-on observations. When you are making qualitative and quantitative observations what part of the nervous system are you using? | 5 SENSES | 3. In this room you can get band aids or ice to ease the pain and stop the flow of blood out of your body from your circulatory system. What part of your blood races to a cut and helps to form a natural bandaid and then a scab to protect the cut and your body? | PLATELETS | 4. In this room we sit and silently read on Friday mornings. Our skeleton helps maintain our shape and structure. Which part of our skeleton protects our eyes and brain so we can read here? | CRANIUM | 5. In this room we enjoy eating lunch with our friends. Every time we take a bite, our food mixes with a liquid in our mouth to start the digestion process. What is the name of this liquid? | Saliva Go to the room near the Commons where your excretory system is most active |
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