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. Q1. What is the main difference between aldehydes and ketones? (L) | carbonyl group is found at the end of aldehyde but in between two alkyl groups in ketones | 2. Q2. On the periodic table, what is the symbol for the element silver? (O) | Ag | 3. Q3. Define a free radical? (R) | an unpaired electron | 4. Q4. How many 6th year science denominated class groups are there in total? (H) | 8: 4 bio, 2 chem, 1 phy and 1 ag sci | 5. Q5. What is a secondary alcohol? (O) | where the carbon atom bonded to the OH group is bonded to 2 other carbons | 6. Q6. Name the process from which alcoholic drinks are made from? (A) | fermentation | 7. Q7. Name the 4 first classes named after after female scientists? (C) | Franklin, Curie, Lovelace, Lonsdale | 8. Q8. Have you noticed the letters at the end of each question? Collect these letters and decipher the anagram but be quick the other teams are catching up on you! | 9. Q9. What is another name for propanone? (N) | Acetone | 10. Q10. State one use of aldehydes? (K) | solvents, embalming, almonds | 11. Q11. How many seats are there in lab 31? (L) | 24 seats | 12. Q12. How many doors are there as an entry/exit point in the school excluding prefabs, courtyards and gym? (A) | 13 | 13. Q13. Name 2 alternative processes to improve octane number in fuels? (E) | isomerisation, catalytic cracking, dehydrocyclisation, adding oxygenates |
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