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. 1.What are the most dangerous threats to our environment? (mention 3) | a)Climate change b)Deforestation c)Pollution d)Loss of Biodiversity e)Melting Polar Icecaps and Rising sea levels f)Oceanic Death Zones g)Explosive Population Growth | 2. 2.What are at least two major environmental challenges faced by society? | a) Public health b)Land Management & Urban Sprawl c)Waste Disposal d)Overpopulation e)Water Scarcity & Water Pollution f)Ecosystems & Endangered Species | 3. 3.Is pollution a social issue or an environmental one? | Pollution is a social issue because it is caused by human behaviours and because it not only has a negative effect on the planet but also on people and society. | 4. 4.Which of the following is an environmental problem associated with abandoned coal mines? A. Thermal pollution of streams in the area B. Acid drainage due to leaching of spoil heaps by rainwater C. Air pollution caused by smog from ozone formation D. Released nutrients that cause eutrophication into streams E. Alkaline solutions that pollute streams | B | 5. 5. questions1_ | 1 |
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