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 type of essay asks the writer to explain the similarities and differences between two things? | compare and contrast | 2. what type of essay asks the writer to inform about a topic? | informative | 3. what type of essay asks the writer to tell two sides about one topic? | classify | 4. what type of essay asks the writer to tell a solution to a problem or issue? | problem and solution | 5. what type of essay asks the writer to explain something and explain why? | inform and tell why | 6. what type of essay asks the writer to inform about the effects of an action or event? | cause and effect | 7. What type of essay asks the writer to tell the process of something and gets a final product? | procedural | 8. What type of essay asks the writer to tell someone the ways and steps to reaching a goal? | masked goal |
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