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. What is an adaptation? | Inherited traits that help a creature survive in it's wild world. | 2. What are structural adaptations? | body parts that help an animal in a special way. | 3. What are behavioral adaptations? | helpful instincts or actions that the animal does automatically. | 4. Give an example of an adaptation that helps an animal find food. | An aardvark's nose. | 5. Give an example of an adaptation that helps an animal to protect. | porcupine fish blows up it's body. | 6. Give an example of an adaptation that helps an animal to hide. | camouflage |
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