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. Scurvy is a disease that makes your legs swell up, your joints become painful, your gums bleed and your teeth fall out. Eating foods with Vitamin C. | _ | 2. This disease is called Rickets and is caused by lack of Vitamin D and Calcium. | _ | 3. Kwashiorkor is caused by lack of protein. Symptoms of kwashiorkor can include: loss of muscle mass, an enlarged tummy ("pot belly"),regular infections, inflamed patches of skin that darken and peel or split open. Treatment includes increase protein intake along with other nutrients. | _ | 4. Typical symptoms include: feeling very thirsty, passing urine more often than usual, weight loss and loss of muscle bulk. To help control a change in diet needs to occur, for example eating a balanced diet and less sugary foods. Medication may be needed along with insulin injections. | _ | 5. It's an eating disorder where a person keeps their body weight as low as possible. Often an assessment will be needed with a health professional and a plan is set up with a dietitian. | _ |
Scurvy is a disease that makes your legs swell up, your joints become painful, your gums bleed and your teeth fall out. Eating foods with Vitamin C.&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 5)
This disease is called Rickets and is caused by lack of Vitamin D and Calcium.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 5)
Kwashiorkor is caused by lack of protein. Symptoms of kwashiorkor can include: loss of muscle mass, an enlarged tummy ("pot belly"),regular infections, inflamed patches of skin that darken and peel or split open. Treatment includes increase protein intake along with other nutrients.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 5)
Typical symptoms include: feeling very thirsty, passing urine more often than usual, weight loss and loss of muscle bulk. To help control a change in diet needs to occur, for example eating a balanced diet and less sugary foods. Medication may be needed along with insulin injections.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 5)
It's an eating disorder where a person keeps their body weight as low as possible. Often an assessment will be needed with a health professional and a plan is set up with a dietitian.&choe=UTF-8
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