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. In which US states is the Sonoran located? | Arizona and California (also Mexico) | 2. Name two major cities in the Sonoran Desert | Tucson and Phoenix | 3. What is the main vegetation in the Sonoran? | Saguaro cactus | 4. Give one way in which people have adapted to the harsh climate of the Sonoran | Air conditioning | 5. What name is given to large scale farming as used in the Sonoran? | Commercial farming | 6. What is the main product farmed in the Sonoran e.g. in California? | Fruit | 7. What term describes artificial watering of the land? | Irrigation | 8. Name three things that water is piped into the area for | Drinking water, irrigation, swimming pools, golf courses | 9. What is the name of the river that has large dams and reservoirs along it? | Colorado River | 10. What is the name of the large dam that supplies water to settlements in the Sonoran? | Hoover Dam | 11. What is the name of the lake supplying water to Phoenix? | Lake Mead | 12. Which settlement in the Sonoran located a few kilometres NW of Tucson is an example of how people can adapt to the environment? | Marana | 13. How many people live in Marana? | 30,000 | 14. What is an example of land use in Marana? | Golf courses and housing complexes | 15. Name five minerals that are mined in the Sonoran | Copper, lead, zinc, uranium, coal, gold and silver | 16. Give two examples of mines in the Sonoran | Bisbee (copper), Grants (Uranium)and Cedar City (iron ore). | 17. What term is used to describe the movement of retired people to newly built complexes (with swimming pools and golf courses)? | Retirement migration |
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