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. What is the difference between an algorithm and a programme? | A | 2. What does QR stand for? | B | 3. What are QR codes? | C | 4. How are QR codes used? | D | 5. What is a bug? | E | 6. What does the term debugging mean? | F | 7. Write down two ways you can be safe on the internet? | G | 8. What are hyperlinks? | H | 9. What does WWW stand for? | I | 10. Why do we collect and record data? | J | 11. Write down something you have enjoyed about computing this year and if you can write why you have enjoyed it | K | 12. If what is the difference between the repeat button and the forever loop? | L | 13. In scratch, what is a variable? | M | 14. What is a search engine? | N | 15. Can you write down two tips we can use to help us find information on the web? | O |
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