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 are at least two functions that the lizard brain controls for survival? | blood pumping, breathing, reproducing | 2. What is the role of the brain stem? | It receives messages through the spinal cord from the five senses and reacts through the reticular activating system, then it filters out stimuli and sends important messages to the brain for processing. | 3. T or F: Memory is not closely tied to emotion. | FALSE - memory is very closely tied to emotion | 4. T or F: The search for meaning is hardwired into our brain. | TRUE - the information that we receive needs to be processed and understood | 5. What is one characteristic of why the brain looks for meaning? | patterning | 6. What are two brain functions that are required for learning? | focused attention and peripheral perception | 7. What are two ways we organize memory? | Rote and Spatial | 8. What are some ways to use neuroplasticity in learning and teaching? | direct teach attention skills, memory skills, and processing skills | 9. What is neuroplasticity? | The brain physically changes when something new is learned - direct teaching attentional skills, memory skills and processing skills can help the brain grow and Reading is learning. |
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