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 type of weather front has passed through an area if the area experiences warm temperatures, then heavy rain, followed by cool, dry air? | cold front | 2. Which storm has the fastest moving winds?2 | tornadoes | 3. What are the properties of COLD air?3 | high pressure and high density | 4. What fuels a hurricane?4 | warm water evaporating from oceans | 5. At what wind speeds will a tropical storm become a hurricane?5 | one hundred and twenty km per hour | 6. What are the 2 ways a hurricane can lose its strength?6 | by going over cool ocean water and by going over land | 7. How does the difference in the temperature of air masses affect the weather that is produced?7 | the greater the temperature difference, the more severe the weather will be | 8. Warm air rising at equatorial regions & cold air sinking at polar regions is an example of which method of heat transfer?8 | convection currents | 9. What two factors affect climate?9 | temperature and precipitation | 10. How are thunder & lightning related?10 | lightning causes thunder | 11. Where and when do most tornadoes form?11 | in the continental U.S.;spring and early summer | 12. How does dew form?12 | air temperature drops to the dew point & water vapor condenses low to the ground | 13. What properties of surface level air are likely to produce thunderstorms,tornadoes, and hurricanes?13 | warm,moist air rising;low pressure | 14. What is an accurate description of the "eye" of a hurricane?14 | low pressure;no winds | 15. Where do most hurricanes begin?15 | over equatorial water (5-20 degrees latitude) | 16. If a valley is experiencing temperatures just above freezing, what would the temperatures at the top of the mountain mostly likely be?16 | below freezing (temperature DECREASES as altitude increases) | 17. What is fog?17 | a stratus cloud that forms low to the ground | 18. What climate zone do you live in?18 | temperate zone | 19. Wind always moves from areas of __ pressure to areas of __ pressure?19 | high;low | 20. What type of front is associated with several days of rain and can cause flooding?20 | stationary |
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