QR Challenge: ESPLORA Treasure hunt
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. 1. Test this "EASY RIDER" Exhibit. Which disk moves least? 2. What force slows this disk down? 3. Think of your answer to the question before, and suggest what you would wear to avoid slipping on wet floor. | friction
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2. 1. What fuel powers the rocket in this exhibit? 2. Mention a fuel you use in everyday life. | hydrogen
| 3. Take a group picture of all the team balancing on the jolly boat. | pic
| 4. 1. What type of energy is being used to power the cars in this exhibit? 2. Mention 1 item you would like to power using this form of energy and why. | light
| 5. 1. Which volcano is the most active in the Mediterranean? 2. Take a picture of your group pretending to be an erupting volcano. | Etna
| 6. Build a solid structure and take a video of your building during a strong earthquake. | video
| 7. Which is the warmest part of your body as seen in the IR camera. Why do you think so? | Chest
| 8. 1. Explain how the images appear when using the middle eye of the "EYE MACHINE" Exhibit. 2. Take a picture of a team member and edit it to show how your eye would see this. | upside-down
| 9. 1. Mention 2 carnivores seen in the "COLOUR ABSORPTION" exhibit. 2. Mention another carnivore not seen in the room but that can be found in Malta | crocodile
| 10. Find the mirror that makes your team looks tallest and take a funny picture. | pic
| 11. Take a picture of your magnet bridge. | pic
| 12. Build a working circuit and take a picture of it.The more components you include, the more points you get. | pics
| 13. Take a group picture next to your favourite exhibit found on this level. | pic
| 14. Test the "FOOD ON WHEELS" exhibit and take a short video involving at least 2 team members explaining the main message of this game. | video |
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1.-Test-this-"EASY-RIDER"-Exhibit.-Which-disk-moves-least?-2.-What-force-slows-this-disk-down?-3.-Think-of-your-answer-to-the-question-before,-and-suggest-what-you-would-wear-to-avoid-slipping-on-wet-floor.
Question 1 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1.-What-fuel-powers-the-rocket-in-this-exhibit?-2.-Mention-a-fuel-you-use-in-everyday-life.
Question 2 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Take-a-group-picture-of-all-the-team-balancing-on-the-jolly-boat.
Question 3 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1.-What-type-of-energy-is-being-used-to-power-the-cars-in-this-exhibit?-2.-Mention-1-item-you-would-like-to-power-using-this-form-of-energy-and-why.
Question 4 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1.-Which-volcano-is-the-most-active-in-the-Mediterranean?-2.-Take-a-picture-of-your-group-pretending-to-be-an-erupting-volcano.
Question 5 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Build-a-solid-structure-and-take-a-video-of-your-building-during-a-strong-earthquake.
Question 6 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which-is-the-warmest-part-of-your-body-as-seen-in-the-IR-camera.-Why-do-you-think-so?
Question 7 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1.-Explain-how-the-images-appear-when-using-the-middle-eye-of-the-"EYE-MACHINE"-Exhibit.-2.-Take-a-picture-of-a-team-member-and-edit-it-to-show-how-your-eye-would-see-this.
Question 8 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1.-Mention-2-carnivores-seen-in-the-"COLOUR-ABSORPTION"-exhibit.-2.-Mention-another-carnivore-not-seen-in-the-room-but-that-can-be-found-in-Malta
Question 9 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-the-mirror-that-makes-your-team-looks-tallest-and-take-a-funny-picture.
Question 10 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Take-a-picture-of-your-magnet-bridge.
Question 11 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Build-a-working-circuit-and-take-a-picture-of-it.The-more-components-you-include,-the-more-points-you-get.
Question 12 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Take-a-group-picture-next-to-your-favourite-exhibit-found-on-this-level.
Question 13 (of 14)
ESPLORA Treasure hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Test-the-"FOOD-ON-WHEELS"-exhibit-and-take-a-short-video-involving-at-least-2-team-members-explaining-the-main-message-of-this-game.
Question 14 (of 14)
