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. question1 All animals which possess a spine are included in the same | phylum1 | 2. question2 If an Animalia taxon ends in \"ata\": it must be a | Phylum2 | 3. question3 A species designation should always include the genus | true3 | 4. question4 An organism which produces its food by photosynthesis: may be placed in the | Plantae Kingdom4 | 5. question5 Of the following organisms, which is more likely to be very slow to respond to stimuli? | plant5 | 6. question6 There are fewer kinds of plants than animals. | true6 | 7. question7 A list of two choices that follows in a sequence for identification is a | dichotomous key7 | 8. question8 A tool used in classification is a | key8 | 9. question9 When a species is made up of different smaller groups, each of those smaller groups is known as a | variety9 | 10. question10 The name given to an organism which causes the least confusion and is the same in any language or in any country is the | scientific name10 | 11. question11 Classification systems | vary with the taxonomist11 | 12. question12 Taxonomy is an organizing science used in | biology zoology botany12 | 13. question13 Corn is a type of grass | True13 | 14. question14 Teeth patterns in animals and thorns in plants are examples of characteristics which a taxonomist might observe for keying | True14 | 15. question15 To a taxonomist a plant is the sum total of all its characteristics | True15 |
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