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 A are you, me, your pencil, your table, the stars and everything else in the entire universe made up of? | Atoms | 2. What B is a piece of equipment we do scientific experiments in? | Beaker | 3. What C is when chemicals react and change into a completely new chemical? | Chemical reaction | 4. What D is the amount of mass, or stuff, in a certain volume, or space? | Density | 5. What E is a substance that’s made up on only one type of atom? | Element | 6. What F would we use to separate solid particles from a liquid? | Filter | 7. What G is a pure form of carbon? | Graphite | 8. What H is the most abundant element in the Universe? | Hydrogen | 9. What I is the type of rock which comes out of a volcano? | Igneous | 10. What J is the unit of energy? | Joules | 11. What K is the name of a temperature scale where absolute 0 is equal to -273oC? | Kelvin | 12. What Lis the name of the metal which makes the battery in your mobile phone? | Lithium | 13. Which M was the person who invented the periodic table? | Mendeleev | 14. What N is the type of gas which fills coloured strip lights? | Neon | 15. What O is an element that, with hydrogen, makes water? | Oxygen | 16. What P is a scale showing the strength of acids and alkalines? | pH scale | 17. What Q is another name for a very common rock crystal? | Quartz | 18. What R is formed through the reaction of iron, water and oxygen? | Rust | 19. What S is a mixture which salt and water make? | Solution | 20. What T are types of material which let some light through but are not completely see through? | Translucent | 21. What U made the first nuclear bomb and is the fuel for nuclear power stations? | Uranium | 22. Which V constructed the first battery through experiments with metals and salts? | Volta | 23. What W is gaseous water, at any temperature? | Water vapour | 24. What X is element 54 on the periodic table? | Xenon | 25. What Y when mixed with sugar and warm water, reacts to create gas? | Yeast | 26. What Z is the chemical symbol for Zinc? | Zn | 27. Bonus – How many elements are in the periodic table? | 118 |
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