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. What does the term organic mean?1 | Restricted use of artificial fertilisers or pesticides when growing foods. Emphasis on animal welfare and free range. Organic food is food grown, reared and manufactured in as ‘natural’ a way as possible, with the minimum of artificial chemicals and processes1 | 2. What % of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions come from food and farming?2 | 20%2 | 3. Why does organic food sometimes cost more?3 | They are more labour intensive to produce3 | 4. Who controls the standards for organic food production?4 | Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) are responsible for regulations governing the production of organic foods and the administration of organic schemes in the UK.4 | 5. What % of the ingredients used to make a food must be organic – in order to label it as organic?5 | 95%5 | 6. List some of the reported nutritional benefits form eating organic foods?6 | Higher levels of vitamin C and essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron as well as cancer-fighting antioxidants and Omega 3.6 |
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