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. | 2. What is an adaptation? | Changes that allow animal to better survive in its environment. | 3. Give an example of an adaptation in an owl | large pupils, rotating neck | 4. Why does an owl need to be a "silent hunter"? | Its prey can hear well. | 5. On which continent do owls not live? | Antarctica | 6. Name two prey of an owl? | mice,snake,voles, shrew | 7. What is a "habitat"? | the place where an animal lives | 8. Why are an owl's pupils so large? | to be able to see at night to hunt | 9. How do an owl's ears help it detect its prey? | upper and lower ears | 10. Why do owls cough up owl pellets? | They cannot digest their prey | 11. How do an owls soft feathers help it to survive? | They can move silently | 12. What did you learn about owls that you did not know before? | cough up pellets |
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