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. question1 What is the naming system called that gives each organism a two-word scientific name? | answer1 Binomial Nomenclature | 2. question2 What is the name of the scientist who designed a system for classifying organisms based on their physical similarities? | answer2 Linnaeus | 3. question3 List the names of the taxa in order from most general to most specific. | answer3 Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species | 4. question4 Which two taxa make up an organism’s scientific name? | answer4 Genus & Species | 5. question5 Which scientific name(s) is/are written correctly? Write it/them correctly on your paper. | answer5 3rd choice, both italicized | 6. question6 A phylum is made of several different ______________? | answer6 Classes | 7. question7 What level of classification is smaller than an order, but larger than a genus? | answer7 Family | 8. question8 What is biodiversity? | answer8 Variety among organisms | 9. question9 Which two organisms in the chart are most closely related? Explain how you know. | answer9 Mountain Lion & Dog, both are in Family Carnivora | 10. question10 Why is it important to have a taxonomic system? Give two reasons. | answer10 Common names are not always accurate. Helps organize all the millions of organisms. | 11. question11 Describe what makes Kingdom Animalia different from Fungi. | answer11 Animalia has no cell wall. |
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