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. (Preserving/Composting) land helps protect ecosystems and manage forest resources | 1 | 2. Minerals that can be mined at a profit are called (ores/rocks) | 2 | 3. The removal of a large number of trees from an area is called (deforestation/composting) | 3 | 4. (Forests/Urban Cities) make up the 26% of total land use in the United States | 4 | 5. (Runoff/ Ore) is when water does not soak into the ground and flows over Earth's surface. | 5 | 6. (Climate/Weather) is when a region is characterized by a given average temperature over a long period of time. | 6 | 7. (Clearing forests/Controlling logging) is one way the government manages land wisely | 7 | 8. (Weather/Climate) is the day to day temperature in a region. | 8 | 9. Why, by 1920, were most forests disappearing? | 9 | 10. List one advantage and one disadvantage of using land resources | 10 | 11. List one thing you can do to manage land wisely | 11 | 12. Explain why an oil spill is bad and why we performed our Oily Spill Experiment. | 12 |
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