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. What does NGSS stand for? | Next Generation Science Standards | 2. What are the 3 Dimensions of NGSS? | Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, and Cross-cutting Concepts | 3. Who developed the NGSS? | For states, by states | 4. Did the federal government take part in the development of NGSS? | NO | 5. In what month and year were the NGSS standards completed? | April 2013 | 6. What rubric is used for evaluating activities with respect to alignment with NGSS? | EQuiP | 7. What are the 5 E's?Bonus if you know the 7 E's. | Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, Evaluation Bonus Elicit & Extend | 8. Who is credited with developing the 5E (7E) model? | Roger Bybee | 9. List one significant change between current science practices and recommendations of NGSS? | Example answers could be: More hands-on, thinking and acting like scientists, higher level thinking and application, more science and engineering practices, collaborative | 10. Who will be developing assessments for NGSS and what are Maryland's new exams called? | Pearson/MSDE and MISA (Maryland Integrated Science Assessments) | 11. When will new testing "count" for students? | Middle School - no fault FY 16-17 (2018-2019) ; High School - no fault FY 17-18 (2019-2020) | 12. According to COMAR (Annotated Code of Maryland), in what grades is science acquisition to be tested? | 5,8, and HS (9-12) | 13. Who is the Maryland Science Supervisor? | Mary T. Thurlow | 14. How is or how will NGSS affect instruction? | Any answer if fine. |
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