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 is the coldest place in the universe? | The Boomerang Nebula | 2. How old is the universe in years? (Plus or minus 1 billion years.)2 | 13.8 billion years old2 | 3. How many planets are in the Solar System?3 | Eight planets3 | 4. What is the largest planet in our solar system?4 | Jupiter4 | 5. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?5 | Mercury5 | 6. What is the most common type of star found in the Milky Way?6 | Red dwarf stars6 | 7. What is the largest type of star in the universe?7 | Red supergiant stars7 | 8. What has a gravitational pull so strong that even light cannot escape it?8 | A black hole | 9. What is the longest continuous time a human has spent in space? (Plus or minus 20 days.)9 | 437 days9 | 10. Which NASA space flight was the last manned mission to the moon?10 | Apollo 17 10 |
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