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. What is the study of the Universe? | Astronomy | 2. What type of galaxy has a bulge in the center and arms? | Spiral Galaxy | 3. Describe what an elliptical galaxy looks like. | They have an ellipse shape (shaped like a cucumber) and a bright center. | 4. Why were irregular galaxies given their names? | They have no defined shape and they don\'t fit into any other category; they are the leftovers. | 5. What color stars have the highest temperature? | Blue | 6. Which stars are the coolest? | Red | 7. Explain why the sun appears to be the brightest star. | It appears to be the brightest because it is closest to us. | 8. What are stars made of? | Dust and gases from the periodic table. | 9. Explain the difference between apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude. | Apparent magnitude is how bright a star appears to be; absolute magnitude is how bright a star actually is. | 10. What is a light-year? | The distance light travels in one year. | 11. Where does a star’s “life” begin? | In a nebula | 12. What force pulls a star together? | Gravity | 13. In order, list the stages of a star cycle: | The star is formed, it becomes a main-sequence star, it becomes a giant/supergiant, then it becomes a white dwarf and finally it cools completely or explodes. |
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