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.
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1. Latitude | Distance in degrees either north or south of the equator | 2. Contour lines2 | Lines of equal elevation that show the shapes of landforms2 | 3. Equator3 | Imaginary line circling the Earth at zero degrees latitude3 | 4. Elevation4 | The height above or below sea level4 | 5. Plateau5 | Raised area of flat land5 | 6. Plain6 | Large, low areas of mostly flat land6 | 7. Mountain7 | High, steep landform7 | 8. Latitude8 | Lines that run east/west and measure degrees north/south8 | 9. Elevation ________what crops can be grown9 | Affects9 | 10. Steep land10 | Contour lines are close together10 | 11. Flatter land11 | Contour lines are farther apart11 | 12. Contour lines connect areas of equal12 | Elevation12 | 13. Gulf Coastal Plain13 | Lowland area surrounding Gulf of Mexico13 | 14. Area between Appalachian and Rocky Mountains14 | Interior Plains14 | 15. Topographic map15 | Map that shows elevation15 | 16. Interval16 | Change in elevation between contour lines16 | 17. Plains make up about___________% of the United States17 | 5017 | 18. On a topographic map, plains have contour lines that are closer or farther apart18 | farther apart18 |
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