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. motherboard | This is a circuit board inside the system unit onto which everything is connected | 2. RAM or Random Access Memory | This temporarily holds data while the PC is switched on | 3. ROM or Read Only Memory | This contains the programs that start the computer | 4. CPU or Central Processing Unit | This is known as the brains of the computer that executes instructions to process data | 5. heat sink and fan | This sits on top of the CPU and keeps it cool | 6. hard disk | All your files and programs are stored on this | 7. sound card | This lets you listen to music on your PC | 8. Name 2 output devices | monitor or printer or USB or speakers | 9. Name 2 input devices | mouse or keyboard or USB or microphone | 10. microphone | A device used to record sound |
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