QR Challenge: STEM Safari Scavenger Hunt 2 - 5

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. In the acronym STEM what do the S and T stand for?	Science, Technology
2. In the acronym STEM what do the E and M stand for?	Engineering and Math
3. Scientists take educated guesses before experimenting called hypotheses. Well-written hypotheses include these two words.	If and then
4. What Apple device changed the music world forever?	The iPod
5. Can you name three of the five steps in the Engineering Design Process?	Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve
6. This engineering masterpiece was completed in 1937. At that time, it was the world's longest and tallest suspension bridge.	Answer
7. What do the following steps describe? Ask a question, Conduct research, Construct a hypothesis, Experiment, Analyze data and Communicate results	The Scientific Method
8. Name this famous engineer. He/she held many patents on automotive mechanisms but is best remembered for helping devise the assembly line approach that greatly reduced the time required to assemble a car.	Henry Ford
9. Rather than having to pull out your phone or other device for email, text and social media updates, you’ll soon start glancing at this!	Watch
10. Name three examples of technology that we have at NPE.	Answers will vary

 

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