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.
Question | Answer |
1. What do the three numbers of a fertilizer label represent? | N, P, K | 2. Which number represents the amount of Nitrogen? (first, second, third) | First | 3. How much Potassium is in a fertilizer, 21-7-14? | 14 | 4. Which is generally more expensive, slow or quick-release? Why? | Slow, lasts longer | 5. Which elements contributes most to plants disease resistance? | Potassium | 6. Which Macro-nutrient is most vital to root growth? | Phosphorous | 7. Which Macro-nutrient is most beneficial to green growth? | Nitrogen | 8. What is one Pro of quick-release fertilizers? | answers vary | 9. What is one Pro of slow-release fertilizers? | answers vary | 10. If you wanted to promote flowing growth on your flowers, what Macro-nutrient would you want the most of? | Phosphorus | 11. What is fertilizer? | answers vary? | 12. BONUS: This is a term that means that the Macro-nutrients left the soil too early | leaching |
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