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. Write the kanji for environment | 環境 | 2. Write the kanji for pollution | 汚染 | 3. Write the kanji for electricity | 電気 | 4. Write the kanji for public transport | 交通機関 | 5. Write the katakana for recycling | リサイクル | 6. Write the katakana for compost | コンポスト | 7. Write the katakana for rubbish | ゴミ | 8. Translate to English: ゴミをへらすのためにいろいろな物をリサイクルします。 | In order to reduce waste, I recycle various things. | 9. Translate to English: 水をせつやくするためにシャワーをみじかくします。 | In order to save water, I have short showers. | 10. Translate to Japanese: This month my electricity bill is very expensive. What should I do? | 今月、電気のこうねつひはとても高いです。どうしたらいいですか。 | 11. Translate to Japanese: I have just moved to Japan and do not understand the recycling rules. What should I do? | 日本でひっこしましたから、リサイクルの規則をわかりません。どうしたらいいですか。 | 12. Respond in Japanese: 汚染をへらしたいですから、どうしたらいいですか。 | answers will vary | 13. Respond in Japanese: 環境のために何をリサイクルしてもいいですか。 | answers will vary | 14. Respond in Japanese: 日本で交通機関を使うことはやさしくてべんりです。どう思いますか。 | answers will vary | 15. Translate to Japanese: In Japan, recycling seems very difficult. | 日本で、リサイクルすることはとてもむずかしそうです。 | 16. Translate to English: 学校に行くために交通機関を使うようにしています。 | In order to go to school, I endeavour to use public transport. |
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