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. What abiotic factors are necessary in an ecosystem? | Abiotic components of an ecosystem are the nonliving parts, such as air, water, soil, rocks, sunlight, temperature and other climate factors. | 2. What does it mean to have a balanced ecosystem? | Balance in an ecosystem refers to the numbers of living organisms in an ecosystem that provide a balance between the food source and the organisms. | 3. Describe what biotic components are in an ecosystem. | Biotic components of an ecosystem are the living parts, including all the plants and animals. | 4. Describe the 6 examples, that we studied, that would affect the balance of an ecosystem. | ex:Climate change is the long-term change in the average weather conditions in a region and on Earth as a whole. habitat destruction Habitat destruction is a process that results in the devastation of a natural habitat causing the displacement or death of plants and animals in the region. The habitat is changed or destroyed so it can no longer support the organisms in their growth and survival. Invasive species An invasive species is a species that is introduced into an area where it does not normally exist. | 5. A community is all the different populations that share an ecosystem or live together in one area. Give one example of a community we have studied and why you chose it. | ex: plants and animals on Isle Roayle. | 6. Give an example of competition. | Competition is a relationship between species within an ecosystem for food, space/shelter, water, sunlight, or nutrients. | 7. What role does a consumer play in an ecosystem? | Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms to obtain energy. | 8. What role does the decomposer play in an ecosystem? | Decomposers are organisms that break down dead plants and/or animals to obtain energy. Bacteria and fungus are examples of decomposers. | 9. Define an ecosystem. | An ecosystem includes the community plus all the aspects of nonliving (abiotic) things, such as water, air, soil, and climate. | 10. When the number of members in a species becomes very small, that species is said to be what? | An endangered species is any organism that is in immediate danger of becoming extinct. | 11. What environmental impact would habitat destruction play on an ecosystem? | Environmental impact refers to the possible effect, positive or negative, of a change or program on an ecosystem. | 12. What does a food web depict? | A food web describes the way food (energy) passes from multiple organisms to other organisms. The food web includes more than one source of energy for the different organisms that live in the same ecosystem. | 13. Michigan’s Isle Royale is an island located in the northwest portion of Lake Superior. It is the site of a 50-year-old study of the relationship between the moose and the wolf and their surroundings. The number of wolves on the island is called a________. | A population consists of all the members of one species in a particular area. | 14. Define pollution and give an example of a type of pollution. | pollution is the process where chemicals or materials that are produced or thrown away affect the quality of water, soil, or air. Pollution harms or destroys living things and affects the environment. | 15. The red-tailed hawks and mice are part of an ecosystem. What role do the hawks and mice play in the ecosystem? | A predator is an animal that hunts and eats other animals. Prey is an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals. | 16. A prairie ecosystem consists mainly of prairie dogs, hawks, rabbits, mice, grass, owls, bushes, and snakes. Which organisms in the prairie ecosystem are producers? | Producers are organisms that make their own food. Plants are producers. | 17. Give an example of a source of energy for an organism. | Source of energy refers to the food source for organisms in an ecosystem. | 18. Define a species | Species refer to a group of organisms that are physically similar, mate with one another, and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce. | 19. Define and give an example of species extinction | Species extinction is the death of one species. Species extinction is final; the plant or animal will never exist on Earth again. |
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