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. A small tube with a thin hollow needle at the end, used for injecting drugs or for taking blood from someone’s body. | syringe | 2. a strip of cloth used for tying around a part of the body that has been hurt in order to protect or support it | bandage | 3. a small device that helps you to breathe more easily if you have asthma or a bad cold. You put it in your mouth and breathe in deeply, and it sends a small amount of a drug into your lungs | inhaler | 4. a small round solid piece of medicine that you swallow | tablet | 5. a soft substance or thick liquid used on your skin to protect it or make it feel soft; a similar substance used for cleaning things | cream | 6. An injection of something into your blood to prevent illness | jab | 7. a sweet liquid made from sugar and water, often used in cans of fruit | syrup | 8. an instrument that a doctor uses to listen to your heart and breathing | stethoscope | 9. a small container which has a measured amount of a medicine inside and which dissolves when you swallow it | capsule | 10. A device used for measuring blood pressure | cuff | 11. a substance made of lime, water and sand, that is put on walls and ceilings to give them a smooth hard surface | plaster | 12. An instrument for measuring temperature | thermometer |
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