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. Many different types of living things in the same area | species diversity | 2. Why are insects special in terms of diversity? | They are the most diverse class of living things | 3. Name three types of diversity | genetic, species, ecosystem | 4. Give two examples of products we obtain from the natural environment | medicine, cooking oil, lumber, food, medicine, etc. | 5. The difference between threatened and endangered species | endangered is closer to extinction | 6. Greatest cause of extinctions today | habitat loss/destruction | 7. Which type of diversity is easiest to measure? | Species | 8. Why is CITES an international treaty instead of a national law? | Because countries must work together to protect endangered species. | 9. What does a debt-for-nature swap do? | Protects biodiversity in exchange for financial aid | 10. A species disappears from a certain area, but not everywhere | extirpation | 11. What is the major American law that protects diversity? | The Endangered Species Act | 12. An international law | treaty | 13. Where does captive breeding take place? | Zoos and aquaria | 14. Why do wildlife corridors exist? | To connect isolated habitat areas | 15. What does a taxonomist do? | Studies species | 16. What do we call an ecosystem that is both resilient and resistant? | Stable | 17. How have extinction rates changed in recent years? | They are higher. | 18. What is an endemic species? | One that is found in only one location. | 19. An area that has a large number of endemic species and threats to diversity | hotspot | 20. Give an example of genetic diversity: | variations within a species | 21. List three reasons for biodiversity loss: | habitat destruction, climate change, overharvesting |
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