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. How many Mini Lessons were in 4th grade's Unit one, Week 1? | 15 | 2. What is a sponge station?2 | A station for students that finish other station work early.2 | 3. What are two effective elaboration strategies/stems?3 | Opposite Side or Imagine That | 4. What is a major difference between annotation and text-marking?4 | Annotation is a connection between the text-marking in a passage and the ideas, thoughts, or opinions of the reader.4 | 5. What strategy is being used when the teacher is the scribe and the students are the facilitators?5 | Shared Writing5 | 6. Think-Pair-Share is an example of what kind of strategy?6 | Engagement6 | 7. Which resource does the ELA Pacing Guide map out?7 | Benchmark Advance7 |
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