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 are the two ways to describe place? | absolute and relative | 2. What three letters do you use to answer a distribution question? | PQE | 3. What are the four ways to describe spatial association? | Strong, moderate, weak, none | 4. What does SHEEPT stand for? | Social, Historical, Economical, Environmental, Political, Technological | 5. What does SWOT stand for in an evaluation? | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats | 6. What is the Earth's largest continent? | Asia | 7. What country has the most natural lakes? | Canada | 8. In what country can you visit Machu Picchu? | Peru | 9. Which continent has the flattest topography? | Australia | 10. What is the largest country in South America? | Brazil | 11. Which country has the highest population? | China | 12. What is the tallest mountain in the world? | Mount Everest | 13. Which continent has land in all four hemispheres? | Africa | 14. Which continent contains the most freshwater? | Antarctica | 15. What is the oldest active volcano on Earth? | Mount Etna |
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