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. The Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959. | True | 2. Antarctica is only used for scientific research. | True | 3. Would you find a Polar Bear in Antarctica? | No | 4. Was Edmund Hilary an Antarctic Explorer? | Yes | 5. Does Australia have research stations in Antarctica? | Yes | 6. Are there Volcanoes on Antarctica? | Yes | 7. Was Ernest Shackelton an explorer of Antarctica? | Yes | 8. Is it true that Antarctica does not have rain? | Yes | 9. The vegetation on Antarctica is called Tundra. | True | 10. What is at the bottom of Mt Erebus? | Lava | 11. Which birds Lay their eggs on ice? | Emperor Penguins | 12. Who looks after the Emperor Penguin eggs? | The male | 13. Why don't fish under the ice freeze? | They have anti freeze in them | 14. What is borellis australis? | The Southern Lights | 15. What was Roald Admundsen famous for? | First to the South Pole | 16. What to Emperor Penguins feed their babies? | half digested fish |
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