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. Digestion begins in the A. Stomach (cafeteria) B. Mouth (library) C. Esophagus (front office) | B | 2. Which is not a macromolecule A. Starch (nurses office) B. Protein (Flag Pole) C. Carbon Dioxide (Front Office) 2 | C2 | 3. Proteins break down into A. Amino Acids (Cafeteria) B. Sugar (under stairs) C. Nucleic Acids (First floor bathrooms)3 | A3 | 4. Carbohydrates break down into A. Amino Acids (outside Teacher workroom) B. Sugar (small theatre) C. Nucleic Acids (Tennis Courts)4 | B4 | 5. Which is a PRODUCT of photosynthesis? A. Carbon Dioxide (computer lab) B. Oxygen (Gym Concession) C. Water (outside art rooms)5 | B5 | 6. Compost bins breakdown organic matter and produce A. Carbohydrates (Auditorium) B. Precipitate (New gym) C. Heat (your teachers classroom)6 | C6 | 7. This organ is most influential in absorbing nutrients A. Stomach B. Small Intestine C. Large Intestine7 | B7 |
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