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 function of the nervous system? | controls the actions and reactions of the body | 2. Name the main organs in the skeletal system. | bones, bone marrow, ligament, tendon, joint | 3. What are the three types of muscles? | smooth, cardiac, and skeletal | 4. What is the main organ in the integumentary system? | skin | 5. What is the function of the pituitary gland? | growth and sexual development | 6. Which system includes the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries? | circulatory system | 7. What is the function of the immune system? | recognizes and attacks foreign substances in the body | 8. Name the organs in the excretory system. | kidneys, bladder, skin, lungs | 9. Describe the epiglottis. | It is a flap that allows the food to go into the esophagus and the air to go into the trachea. | 10. Which gland controls the "Fight or flight response"? | adrenal glands | 11. Describe the five main functions of the skeletal system. | Protection, storage, support, blood cell production, movement | 12. What is an involuntary movement? | It's a movement that you do NOT control. | 13. What is the name of the process when oxygen moves into the blood stream from the alveoli in the lungs from a high concentration to a low concentration? | diffusion | 14. What two types of digestion occur in the mouth? | chemical and mechanical | 15. What is a hormone? | It is a chemical messenger that is created in glands. |
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