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. An animal with a backbone. | vertebrate | 2. Animals that rely on the environment for warmth. | cold-blooded | 3. A bonelike substance that is softer and more bendable than bone. | cartilage | 4. A cold-blooded animal that lives in the water and on land. | amphibian | 5. An animal that eats both plants and animals. | omnivore | 6. An animal that only eats plants. | herbivore | 7. An animal that eats only meat. | carnivore | 8. Animals that have a consistent internal temperature regardless of the environment. | warm-blooded | 9. An animal that eats mainly insects. | insectivore | 10. Active at night. | nocturnal | 11. A technique used by some animals that involves making high-frequency clicks that bounce off objects and allow the animals to judge distance based on the time it takes the sound to return. | echolocation | 12. A group of lions that live together. | pride | 13. Group of carnivores which include seals, walruses, and sea lions. | pinnipeds | 14. A fatty substance that insulates some animals against the cold. | blubber | 15. Groups of whales. | pods |
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