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. only recently have experts come to appreciate the healh benefits of eating curries. Not only do curries protect against Alzheimer's, stress and depression, but they can also help you lose weight. Apparently, meals containing chillies burn up more calories than other meals | eat more curry | 2. Having a hobby can ease depression, lower levels of stress, improve mood and immune systems and may reduce the risk of high blood pressure. According to research at Masstricht University, men who have hobbies are less likely to be sick and absent from work than men who don't. | getting a hobby | 3. Not until recently has the world's most widely used stimulant been considered good for you. It can lower the risk of diabetes, relax muscles and improve speed of thought. According to research done at Harvard University, women who drink coffee may reduce the risk of having a heart attack by up to 30%. The research was carried out on 32,00 women over six years. Drinking six or more cups a day also reduces the risk of diabetes by 54% | drink more coffee | 4. Although dark chocolate was once thought to be unhealthy, with its high levels of cocoa beans it is now believed to be good for you in moderation, with research showing it can reduce blood pressure and bad cholesterol. According to research at Harvard University, flavonoids in dark chocolate reduce the risk of dying from heart disease by 20%. | eat dark chocolate | 5. Not only does good dental hygiens save potential and expensice visits to the dentist, it may also prevent strokes or heart attacks. Columbia University research based on around 700 people found that those with gum disease were more liekly to suffer from narrowing of blood vessels that can lead to heart attacks | brush your teeth | 6. Laughing reduces pain and diabetes symptoms and also improves the immune system. Researchers have claculated that laughter burns up calories at the rate of 2.31 a minute. An average day's laughter gets rid of all the calories in a pepperoni pizza. | lauch a lot |
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