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 part of the pelagic zone is found above the continental shelf? | neritic | 2. What term refers to the zone with the greatest presence of light? | photic | 3. What is the difference between benthic and pelagic organisms? | benthic-bottom dwellers, pelagic-swim in water | 4. What part of the benthic zone extends from the continental slope to about 4,000 meters beneath the surface? | bathyal | 5. List, in order, the oceanic pelagic zones from the area receiving the most light to the area receiving the least light. | Photic, Disphotic, Aphotic | 6. What part of the pelagic zone contains primary producers like phytoplankton? | epipelagic | 7. What term refers to organisms that make their own light? | bioluminescent | 8. What part of the benthic zone is found in the trenches? | hadal | 9. What term refers to a distinct, rapid change in water temperature as depth increases? | thermocline | 10. What part of the benthic zone lies on the continental shelf and contains the greatest variety of marine life? | subtidal (sublittoral) | 11. Which three oceanic pelagic zones are part of The Midnight Zone? | Bathyopelagic, Abyssopelagic, Hadopelagic | 12. What term refers the zone that receives no light? | aphotic | 13. Which benthic environment is so shallow that is alternately covered with water and exposed to air? | intertidal (littoral) | 14. Which oceanic pelagic zone has enough light for organisms to see but not light for photosynthesis to occur? | mesopelagic | 15. What process is carried out by phytoplankton and other primary producers? | photosynthesis |
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