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. Name all the planets | Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury | 2. What are the units of weight | Newton’s (N) | 3. What force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun | Gravity | 4. What is the 4th planet from the Sun | Mars | 5. Name the planet furthest from the Sun | Neptune (Pluto) | 6. How long does it take for the Earth to rotate on its axis | 24 hours (1 day) | 7. How long does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth | 28 days | 8. In which season is the Sun highest in the sky | summer | 9. What do we call an object that is in orbit around a planet | Satellite | 10. List 3 uses of artificial satellites | Weather/TV/communication/sat nav/ looking at Earth or other planets | 11. How long does it take for the Earth to orbit the Sun | 365 days | 12. In which direction does the Sun rise | East | 13. What galaxy are we part of | Milky way | 14. Why do objects ‘float’ on the moon | Less gravity | 15. When is it ‘day’ in the UK (think of the sun) | It is day when the sun light is facing the UK. | 16. When is it ‘night’ in the UK (think of the sun) | It is night when the sun light is not facing the UK. | 17. In which direction does the Sun set | West | 18. Why do we have seasons | because planet earth is tilted on its axis | 19. What object orbits Earth once every 28 days | the moon | 20. If it is summer in the UK what season is it in Australia | winter | 21. What hemisphere is the UK in | Northern hemisphere | 22. What hemisphere is Australia in | Southern hemisphere | 23. Name the seasons on planet Earth | summer, winter, spring and autumn | 24. What planet is the closest to the sun | Mercury | 25. What is the name of the largest planet | Jupiter | 26. What is the sun | A giant star | 27. What are the units of mass | Kilograms (Kg) | 28. What keyword am I describing ‘The amount of space you take up’ | Mass | 29. What keyword am I describing ‘The force acting on your mass’ | weight |
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