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 is the name of the instrument that measures wind speed?5 | Anemometer.5 | 2. A device used to measure the strength of magnetic field.6 | Magnetometer.6 | 3. A strip of flexible plastic with magnetic coating that is used to record sound and pictures.7 | Magnetic Tape.7 | 4. A method of growing plants without soil.8 | Hydroponics.8 | 5. Electricity produced from falling water.9 | hydroelectricity.9 | 6. A new technology which provides the ability to create an artificial world and have people interact with it is called ?10 | Televirtuality.10 | 7. The device used for locating submerged objects under sea is:11 | Sonar.11 | 8. Who is the author of “On the Origin of Species”?12 | Charles Darwin.12 | 9. What is the study of animal life called?13 | Zoology.13 | 10. How many sets of legs does a shrimp have?14 | 5.14 |
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