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. any event or force of nature that has catastrophic consequences | 2. Most common natural disaster in the U.S. A flood is a situation in which water has flowed over the edges of a river | 3. Severe storms and heavy rainfall also cause flood Can be prevented by dams | 4. A hurricane is a storm with strong winds and heavy rain that forms over tropical waters Air can rise and hold moisture | 5. Gathers moisture from the ocean Draws the storm’s energy into a small area | 6. Ride across ocean on wind current Storm surge – dome of water that crashes down onto land Predicted by satellites and computer modeling Most hurricanes form near the equator, where warm air rises & takes in moisture | 7. A funnel-shaped cloud or column of air that rotates at high speeds and extends downward from a cloud to the ground | 8. When a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air, the cold air pushes the warm air up at great speeds. Sometimes this creates a twisting column of air that is funnel-shaped. | 9. Can be predicted by Doppler radars or at Storm Prediction Centers | 10. Large, destructive fire that spreads quickly. It is one of the most powerful natural forces known to people | 11. Causes: Unattended camp fires, Uncontrolled burn, Thrown out cigarettes, Hot muffler in dry grass, Sparks from locomotives, Flammable liquid spills igniting, Arson, Lightening | 12. A prolonged period of abnormally low precipitation; a shortage of water resulting from this. | 13. Droughts are caused by lack of rain over a long period of time. If rain does occur it usually isn't enough for the ground to absorb before it is evaporated again. Plants and animals need water to survive, so if there is not enough water they will eventually die from thirst and dehydration | 14. Most droughts tend to occur during summer, as the weather is hot and water is quickly evaporated. Droughts can last for years in most extreme cases. Droughts can be prevented by preserving as much water as possible. | 15. NEGATIVE EFFECTS: In areas without any plants to hold the soil in place, floods/hurricanes can cause a lot of erosion & deposition Wipe out soil & wash away nutrients make it hard for plants to grow | 16. Strong winds can uproot trees in hurricanes & tornados All of the natural disasters can destroy habitats and wipe out animals that could not flee. (Secondary succession would need to take place in order for the ecosystem to be brought back to equilibrium.) | 17. POSITIVE EFFECTS: For dry ecosystems, floods can bring water that is essential to help the ecosystem survive A forest fire can burn down trees to create more fertile soil for the surviving trees |
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