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. Look at the diagram. What causes the change of seasons throughout a year? (NEXT ? GO TO bike rack) | C. The tilt of Earth's axis causes different amounts of sunlight to reach different places on Earth as the planet orbits the Sun. | 2. Look at the map. Which entire continent lies roughly between latitude 15° south and 45° south? (NEXT ? GO TO Gym glass entrance) | C. Australia | 3. Look at the illustration of Earth. Note that half of the planet is bright and the other half is dark. Why is the planet drawn this way? (NEXT ? GO TO Benches- near cafeteria) | D. It is day on the part facing the Sun and night on the part facing away from the Sun. | 4. Look at the diagram of Earth orbiting the Sun. At position A, which part of Earth is experiencing summer? (NEXT ? GO TO North Bleachers) | A. Southern Hemisphere | 5. Notice that Earth is actually closer to the sun in winter. Then why is it colder during this time of year in Texas? (NEXT ? GO TO Football field) | A. Sunlight strikes Texas at a greater angle in winter than in summer. | 6. Drawing A and drawing B show the same mountain at different times. Why do the drawings look so different? (NEXT ? GO TO Concession stand) | D. An explosive volcanic eruption blew the top off the mountain. | 7. Look at the diagram of moving tectonic plates. How is the Oceanic Plate changing the Continental Plate? (NEXT ? GO TO baseball field) | A. As the edge of the Oceanic Plate slides under the Continental Plate it melts, creating magma that pushes up to form a volcanic mountain. | 8. Look at the diagram above showing the position of the moon at various points in its orbit around Earth. At which point in its orbit is the moon in its last quarter phase? (NEXT ? GO TO Tennis courts) | C. Location E | 9. Look at the diagram. Day 28 represents the new moon. Which of the following is true about the new moon? (NEXT ? GO TO ISS building) | C. The new moon looks dark in the night sky. It occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, and the dark side of the Moon is facing Earth. | 10. Which of the following best describes what causes tides to occur? (NEXT ? GO TO Recycle bins) | C. Parts of the Earth closer to the Moon are more attracted than parts farther from the Moon. | 11. Look at the diagram again. What unusual kind of tide can you expect to occur in Earth’s oceans with the Sun, Earth, and Moon in these positions? (NEXT ? GO TO Parking Lot Tree) | D. Spring tide | 12. What force keeps the planets and moons in orbit? (NEXT ? GO TO Box Garden) | D. gravity | 13. Look at the diagram. According to the diagram, what kinds of stars can become supernovas? (NEXT ? GO TO Box Garden) | 14. Distances between stars are most often measured in — (NEXT ? GO TO Parking Lot Tree) | A. light years | 15. Look at the table. The distance between which two objects would best be measured in light years? (NEXT ? GO TO Recycle Bin) | C. our Sun and the nearest star | 16. According to the Big Bang theory, which of the following is occurring? (NEXT ? GO TO Tennis Courts) | B. Galaxies are still moving apart. | 17. Alfred Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift states that the continents were once joined together in a giant landmass that broke apart and that the continents then drifted to their current locations. One piece of evidence supporting this theory is the shapes of the continents, which seem to fit together like pieces of a puzzle. The map shows evidence supporting Wegener's ideas. The shape of the eastern coast of South America appears to fit together with — (NEXT ? GO TO Baseball field) | D. western Africa | 18. What are the two main types of crust on Earth's surface? (NEXT ? GO TO Concession Stand) | B. continental crust and oceanic crust | 19. Which of the following is illustrated by the map? (NEXT ? GO TO Football Field) | A. Earthquakes and volcanoes tend to occur at plate boundaries. | 20. A deep ocean trench lies off the west coast of the United States. On the east coast, however, the ocean is shallower and the ocean floor slopes away gradually. Why are the water depths so different on the two coasts? (NEXT ? GO TO North Bleachers) | D. The west coast is a convergent plate boundary and the east coast is in the middle of a tectonic plate. | 21. Mid-ocean ridges are the most common example of (NEXT ? GO TO Benches-near cafeteria) | B. a divergent boundary. | 22. At what kind of boundary do plates slide past one another? (NEXT ? GO TO Gym glass entrance) | C. a transform boundary | 23. Iceland is an island country found in the middle of the North Atlantic. Part of the island is on the North American Plate, and the other part is on the Eurasian Plate. Given this information which of the following is most likely? (NEXT ? GO TO bike rack) | D. Iceland lies on a divergent boundary between two continental plates. | 24. The Hawaiian islands are a chain of volcanic islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Examining them from northwest to southeast, each island is progressively newer than the last. Which of the following best explains how these islands might have formed? (NEXT ? GO TO Picnic Tables) | D. The islands formed as the Pacific Plate moved from southeast to northwest over a hotspot in Earth's mantle. | 25. Where two tectonic plates move apart from one another, — (NEXT ? GO TO Picnic Tables) | B. a rift valley forms between the edges of the plates |
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