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. When light bends as it enters a different medium the process is known as what? | Refraction | 2. A magnifying glass is what type of lens? | Converging or Convex | 3. A person who studies physics is known as a? | Physicist | 4. Metals expand when heated and do what when cooled? | Contract | 5. What is the first name of the famous scientist who gave us three laws of motion? | Isaac Newton | 6. Electric power is typically measured in what units? | Watt | 7. The most recognized model of how the universe begun is known as the? | Big Bang Theory, young Sheldon! | 8. Who is the Hubble Space Telescope named after? | Edwin Hubble! | 9. The wire inside an electric bulb is known as the what? | Filament | 10. Infrared light has a wavelength that is too long or short to be visible for humans? | Long! | 11. True or false? Iron is attracted by magnets. | True | 12. What is the earth’s primary source of energy? | The Sun | 13. Conductors have a high or low resistance? | Low | 14. Electric current is typically measured in what units? | Amps | 15. What scientist is well known for his theory of relativity? | Albert Einstein | 16. Earth is located in which galaxy? | Milky Way |
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