QR Challenge: Physics Foundations Hunt
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
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
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
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!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
1. What is the area within physics that deals with motion and its causes? | Mechanics
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2. What is the area within physics that deals with heat & temperature? | Thermodynamics
| 3. A replica or description designed to show the structure or workings of an object, system, or concept | Model
| 4. What does the triangle symbol mean? | Delta or change
| 5. What is the standard unit of length in the metric system? | meter
| 6. What is the standard unit of mass in the metric system? | Kg
| 7. What does the prefix milli mean? | 1/1000
| 8. What is the standard unit of time in the metric system? | seconds
| 9. What describes how close a measurement is to reality? | Accuracy
| 10. Precision describes the limitations of the ___? | measuring instrument
| 11. Where are the meter sticks kept in Mrs. Blasingame's classroom? | back corner by workbench
| 12. What is the largest mass in the blue mass set? | 1,000 kg
| 13. How many meters equal 25.3 cm? | .253 m
| 14. 88.0 km = ___ meters | 88000
| 15. What is the mass of a tennis ball? | various
| 16. What is the diameter in mm of a penny? | 20
| 17. What is the area (in m) of your lab table? | .822 m^2 |
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_area_within_physics_that_deals_with_motion_and_its_causes?
Question 1 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_area_within_physics_that_deals_with_heat_&_temperature?
Question 2 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_replica_or_description_designed_to_show_the_structure_or_workings_of_an_object,_system,_or_concept
Question 3 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_does_the_triangle_symbol_mean?
Question 4 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_standard_unit_of_length_in_the_metric_system?
Question 5 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_standard_unit_of_mass_in_the_metric_system?
Question 6 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_does_the_prefix_milli_mean?
Question 7 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_standard_unit_of_time_in_the_metric_system?
Question 8 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_describes_how_close_a_measurement_is_to_reality?
Question 9 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Precision_describes_the_limitations_of_the____?
Question 10 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_are_the_meter_sticks_kept_in_Mrs._Blasingame's_classroom?
Question 11 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_largest_mass_in_the_blue_mass_set?
Question 12 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_meters_equal_25.3_cm?
Question 13 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=88.0_km_=_____meters
Question 14 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_mass_of_a_tennis_ball?
Question 15 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_diameter_in_mm_of_a_penny?
Question 16 (of 17)
Physics Foundations Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_area_(in_m)_of_your_lab_table?
Question 17 (of 17)