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. Monica notices white, wispy, thin clouds, high in the atmosphere. Which type of weather is most likely taking place? J.) Light rainy weather K.) Foggy, overcast conditions L.) Thunderstorms M.) Fair, pleasant weather | M | 2. What do meteorologists depend on to forecast an approaching storm? A.) Air pressure B.) Temperature C.) Humidity D.) Wind speed | A | 3. El Niño happens because: A.) Trade winds weaken which doesn’t bring cold water B.) Trade winds strengthen which doesn’t bring up the cold water C.) Trade winds strengthen which brings up warm ocean water D.) Trade winds make the water cold | A | 4. Where do hurricanes form? A.) Over cold ocean water B.) Over warm lake water C.) Over warm ocean water D.) Over land | C | 5. You are given two microscope slides containing sample muscle cells from a mouse and a giraffe. What would you observe? O.) The giraffe cells are larger than the mouse cells. P.) The mouse cells are larger than the whale cells. Q.) The cells are different colors. R.) The cells are similar sizes. | R | 6. Which organelle would you find in a plant cell, but not an animal cell? I.) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum J.) Mitochondria K.) Ribosome L.) Chloroplast | L | 7. The process that enables cells of the body to burn food and release energy is called? R.) Circulation S.) Digestion T.)Respiration U.)Excretion | S |
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