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. 1. What percent of adults use some type of math in their jobs daily? a.50% b.94% c.15% d.75% | b. 94% | 2. 2. According to CareerCast, what was the highest paying job of 2014 (based on median salary)? a.Lawyer b.College Professor c.Surgeon d.Actor | c. Surgeon | 3. 3. What is the greatest common factor of 12, 9, and 24? | 3 | 4. 4. Which element is first on the periodic table? | Hydrogen | 5. 5. What is the atomic number of neon? | 10 | 6. 6. What the common name for the compound sodium chloride, or NaCl? | Salt | 7. 7. This element is often referred to as the "backbone" of life because it forms the key component for all known naturally occurring life on Earth. a.Hydrogen b.Flourine c.Oxygen d.Carbon | d.Carbon | 8. 8. Javascript is a lunguage used in which of the following fields? a.Agriculture b.Computer Programming c.Dance d.Journalism | b.Computer Programming | 9. 9. Name three different types of engineers. | Varied responses | 10. 10.STEM stands for... | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math |
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