QR Challenge: Physical Properties - Rectangle and Pentagon Version

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. The reason that a straw looks bent in water	Refraction
2. Because the gravity on the moon is less, if you visited the moon this measurement would be less	Weight
3. The energy created by an electric fan or pencil sharpener	Mechanical Energy
4. Smooth shiny surfaces will do this to light	Reflect
5. A closed path that allows electricity to go through	Complete circuit
6. This is what dark colors do to light	absorb
7. A state of matter where the molecules are really spread out and move very fast	Gas
8. This energy tells how fast the molecules are moving inside of an object and is measured in Degrees Celsius	Thermal Energy
9. Vibrations	Sound
10. The ability to dissolve in water and make a solution	Solubility
11. Fruit salad or iron filings and sand or sand and water are called __________________	Mixtures
12. The state of matter where molecules are close together and barely move at all	Solid
13. Salt Water, Sugar Water, Kool Aid, and Chocolate milk are all examples of _________ because something has been dissolved.
14. 0 Degrees Celsius	Freezing Point
15. Two opposite poles of a magnet (like North and South) will	Attract
16. Congratulations! You made it all the way through!
17. Sorry, wrong answer

 

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