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. Birds are __________________ which means they keep a constant body temperature | endothermic/homeothermic | 2. What two body systems give more oxygen to birds' muscles for their flight?2 | respiratory and circulatory | 3. Why does a bird have a runny nose?3 | to get rid of excess salts3 | 4. Which bird slices through adductor muscles for their food?4 | oystercatcher4 | 5. Which bird will not get anything wet but their bill or beak?5 | frigatebird5 | 6. Which bird stands still and waits for prey to come into range?6 | heron6 | 7. Which birds follow receding waves and at least one type of them has a bent beak?7 | plover/turnstone7 | 8. Which bird type has an orange, blunt, and vertically flattened bill?8 | oystercatcher8 | 9. Which bird type feeds by opening its beak and moving it side to side in water?9 | avocet9 | 10. Which bird type has webbed feet and will eat or scavenge garbage in addition to eating fish/shellfish?10 | gull10 | 11. Which bird type are the vultures of the sea, feeding on garbage, fruits, other birds, and small mammals?11 | skuas11 | 12. Which bird looks kind of like a penguin - awkward on land but agile in water?12 | alcid/puffin12 | 13. Which boobie bird is the biggest and heaviest one?13 | masked13 | 14. Which bird swallows prey head first and is also used by fishermen to catch fish?14 | cormorant14 | 15. Which bird does a yearly migration up to 6000 miles?15 | sandpiper15 | 16. Which bird breeds in the marsh?16 | avocet and stilts | 17. Which bird moves its feet in water to scare prey up to the surface?17 | egret17 | 18. Which bird will drop food to break a shell?18 | gull18 | 19. Which bird has a forked tail?19 | tern or sea swallow19 | 20. Which bird type has pupils with vertical slit in them?20 | skimmer or scissorbill | 21. Which bird is an alcid and is now extinct?21 | Giant Auk21 | 22. Which bird dives down into the water, has a gular pack, and drains 2-3 gallons of water from the sac before it can fly again?22 | pelican22 | 23. Which two of the three boobies are found in the Galapagos Islands?23 | Red and Masked23 | 24. Name one of the two bird types that have no oil glands?24 | cormorant or frigate bird24 | 25. Which bird type has to have wind to fly again after they land on water?25 | albatross25 | 26. Which bird type moves by waddling, hopping, and their bellies?26 | penguins26 | 27. Which bird type has the longest wings of all birds?27 | albatross27 | 28. Which bird type appears like it's walking on water and its flight is more like a moth than a bird?28 | petrel28 | 29. Which bird type has a lower jaw that protrudes out further than their upper bill - they run their lower bill through the water which gets the fish to the surface, and they reverse themselves and can get their fish?29 | skimmer or scissorbill29 |
Birds are __________________ which means they keep a constant body temperature&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 29)
What two body systems give more oxygen to birds' muscles for their flight?2&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 29)
Why does a bird have a runny nose?3&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 29)
Which bird slices through adductor muscles for their food?4&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 29)
Which bird will not get anything wet but their bill or beak?5&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 29)
Which bird stands still and waits for prey to come into range?6&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 29)
Which birds follow receding waves and at least one type of them has a bent beak?7&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 29)
Which bird type has an orange, blunt, and vertically flattened bill?8&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 29)
Which bird type feeds by opening its beak and moving it side to side in water?9&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 29)
Which bird type has webbed feet and will eat or scavenge garbage in addition to eating fish/shellfish?10&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 29)
Which bird type are the vultures of the sea, feeding on garbage, fruits, other birds, and small mammals?11&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 29)
Which bird looks kind of like a penguin - awkward on land but agile in water?12&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 29)
Which boobie bird is the biggest and heaviest one?13&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 29)
Which bird swallows prey head first and is also used by fishermen to catch fish?14&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 29)
Which bird does a yearly migration up to 6000 miles?15&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 29)
Which bird breeds in the marsh?16&choe=UTF-8
Question 16 (of 29)
Which bird moves its feet in water to scare prey up to the surface?17&choe=UTF-8
Question 17 (of 29)
Which bird will drop food to break a shell?18&choe=UTF-8
Question 18 (of 29)
Which bird has a forked tail?19&choe=UTF-8
Question 19 (of 29)
Which bird type has pupils with vertical slit in them?20&choe=UTF-8
Question 20 (of 29)
Which bird is an alcid and is now extinct?21&choe=UTF-8
Question 21 (of 29)
Which bird dives down into the water, has a gular pack, and drains 2-3 gallons of water from the sac before it can fly again?22&choe=UTF-8
Question 22 (of 29)
Which two of the three boobies are found in the Galapagos Islands?23&choe=UTF-8
Question 23 (of 29)
Name one of the two bird types that have no oil glands?24&choe=UTF-8
Question 24 (of 29)
Which bird type has to have wind to fly again after they land on water?25&choe=UTF-8
Question 25 (of 29)
Which bird type moves by waddling, hopping, and their bellies?26&choe=UTF-8
Question 26 (of 29)
Which bird type has the longest wings of all birds?27&choe=UTF-8
Question 27 (of 29)
Which bird type appears like it's walking on water and its flight is more like a moth than a bird?28&choe=UTF-8
Question 28 (of 29)
Which bird type has a lower jaw that protrudes out further than their upper bill - they run their lower bill through the water which gets the fish to the surface, and they reverse themselves and can get their fish?29&choe=UTF-8
Question 29 (of 29)
