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. Use exciting vocabulary and vary the length of the sentences for effect- some short ones will add excitement or drama!! | well done | 2. Write a poem. It does not have to rhyme. Use commas at the end of lines. Use paragraphs to set out verses of the poem. 3 verses is enough. Use strong exciting language. Metaphors and similes. Use personification if it fits?! | well done | 3. Write a setting description. Can you include good punctuation for effect. Ellipsis..... commas, brackets, semi colons, !? Try to ensure that sentence lengths are varied. Short and longer for dramatic effect. Is there a sense of build up, have you used your senses? Exciting vocabulary is cruicial here. | well done | 4. Write a recount of somewhere you have been. Past tense. Good sentence starters with time connectives. Good punctuation. Paragraphs as required for time periods. | well done | 5. Write a newspaper report about the identification of a new type of animal. Write facts and use paragraphs. Quotes from others must be in quotation marks. Add the name of the person who said it. | well done |
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