QR Challenge: STEM Safari Scavenger Hunt 3 - 5
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
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
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
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!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. In the acronym STEM what do the S and T stand for? | Science, Technology
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2. In the acronym STEM what do the E and M stand for? | Engineering, Math
| 3. Scientists take educated guesses before experimenting. What are these called? | Hypotheses
| 4. What is a popular pocket sized portable media player designed and marketed by Apple Inc.? | iPod
| 5. Can you name three of the five steps in the Engineering Design Process? | Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve
| 6. Making the list of “Top Ten Engineering Feats” identify the stone structure that stretches 4,000 miles and took over 2,000 years to build on the continent of Asia. | Great Wall of China
| 7. What do the following steps describe? ask a question, conduct research, construct a hypothesis, experiment, analyze data and communicate results | The Scientific Method
| 8. What is an online photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them on a variety of social networking services, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr? | Instagram
| 9. Was Albert Einstein a famous scientist, mathematician or both? | Both
| 10. Name three examples of technology that we have at NPE. | Answers will vary |
STEM Safari Scavenger Hunt 3 - 5: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=STEM%20Safari%20Scavenger%20Hunt%203%20-%205%3Cbr%3EQ1%2F10%3A%3Cp%3EIn%20the%20acronym%20STEM%20what%20do%20the%20S%20and%20T%20stand%20for%3F&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 10)
STEM Safari Scavenger Hunt 3 - 5: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=STEM%20Safari%20Scavenger%20Hunt%203%20-%205%3Cbr%3EQ2%2F10%3A%3Cp%3EIn%20the%20acronym%20STEM%20what%20do%20the%20E%20and%20M%20stand%20for%3F&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 10)
STEM Safari Scavenger Hunt 3 - 5: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=STEM%20Safari%20Scavenger%20Hunt%203%20-%205%3Cbr%3EQ3%2F10%3A%3Cp%3EScientists%20take%20educated%20guesses%20before%20experimenting.%20%20What%20are%20these%20called%3F&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 10)
STEM Safari Scavenger Hunt 3 - 5: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=STEM%20Safari%20Scavenger%20Hunt%203%20-%205%3Cbr%3EQ4%2F10%3A%3Cp%3EWhat%20is%20a%20popular%20pocket%20sized%20portable%20media%20player%20designed%20and%20marketed%20by%20Apple%20Inc.%3F&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 10)
STEM Safari Scavenger Hunt 3 - 5: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=STEM%20Safari%20Scavenger%20Hunt%203%20-%205%3Cbr%3EQ5%2F10%3A%3Cp%3ECan%20you%20name%20three%20of%20the%20five%20steps%20in%20the%20Engineering%20Design%20Process%3F&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 10)
STEM Safari Scavenger Hunt 3 - 5: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=STEM%20Safari%20Scavenger%20Hunt%203%20-%205%3Cbr%3EQ6%2F10%3A%3Cp%3EMaking%20the%20list%20of%20%E2%80%9CTop%20Ten%20Engineering%20Feats%E2%80%9D%20identify%20the%20stone%20structure%20that%20stretches%204%2C000%20miles%20and%20took%20over%202%2C000%20years%20to%20build%20on%20the%20continent%20of%20Asia.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 10)
STEM Safari Scavenger Hunt 3 - 5: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=STEM%20Safari%20Scavenger%20Hunt%203%20-%205%3Cbr%3EQ7%2F10%3A%3Cp%3EWhat%20do%20the%20following%20steps%20describe%3F%20%20ask%20a%20question%2C%20conduct%20research%2C%20construct%20a%20hypothesis%2C%20experiment%2C%20analyze%20data%20and%20communicate%20results&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 10)
STEM Safari Scavenger Hunt 3 - 5: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=STEM%20Safari%20Scavenger%20Hunt%203%20-%205%3Cbr%3EQ8%2F10%3A%3Cp%3EWhat%20is%20an%20online%20photo-sharing%2C%20video-sharing%20and%20social%20networking%20service%20that%20enables%20its%20users%20to%20take%20pictures%20and%20videos%2C%20and%20share%20them%20on%20a%20variety%20of%20social%20networking%20services%2C%20such%20as%20Facebook%2C%20Twitter%2C%20Tumblr%20and%20Flickr%3F&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 10)
STEM Safari Scavenger Hunt 3 - 5: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=STEM%20Safari%20Scavenger%20Hunt%203%20-%205%3Cbr%3EQ9%2F10%3A%3Cp%3EWas%20Albert%20Einstein%20a%20famous%20scientist%2C%20mathematician%20or%20both%3F&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 10)
STEM Safari Scavenger Hunt 3 - 5: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=STEM%20Safari%20Scavenger%20Hunt%203%20-%205%3Cbr%3EQ10%2F10%3A%3Cp%3EName%20three%20examples%20of%20technology%20that%20we%20have%20at%20NPE.&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 10)
