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. A photograph is 4 inches wide and 6 inches long. A yearbook editor has the photo reduced to fit a space 2 inches wide. How long is the reduced photograph | 3 in long | 2. A recipe uses 3 cups of grated cheese to make 9 servings. How much cheese is needed to make 6 servings | 2cups | 3. The ratio of your weight on Earth to your weight on Mars is 5 to 2. If you weigh 120 lb on Earth, how much would you weigh on Mars | 48lbs on mars | 4. A map of Yosemite National Park is drawn to a scale of 2 inches = 4 mi. One the map, Tuolumne Meadows is 20 inches. from Bridalveil Fall. What is the actual distance | 40miles | 5. A model rocket is built to scale of 2cm=5m. If the model is 20cm tall, how tall is the actual rocket | 50meters | 6. There are 20 girls and 50 boys. Write this as a simplified ratio. | 2/5 | 7. Nathan uses .25 cups of fertilizer with soil before planting each flower. How many ounces of fertilizer does he use per flower? (1cup=8oz) | 2 ounces | 8. A recipe uses 6 cups of flour for 10 servings. How many cups of flour are needed for 30 servings? | 18 cups |
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