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 information does the Food Guide Pyramid provide | serving recommended from each food group | 2. The dietary guidelines for Americans recommends eating foods high in | Fiber | 3. Muscle mass increases what | metabolism | 4. A teenager should eat the most serving from which food group | Breads and cereal | 5. To be able to swim non-stop for one mile a person should eat foods high in | complex carbohydrates | 6. At a fast food restaurant select which healthy choices | low-fat menu items | 7. Best source of vitamin C | orange juice | 8. Before following a vegetarian diet, what should one do | get professional nutritional counseling | 9. A person who does not eat eat is called | vegetarian | 10. What is the healthy choice of fat to use in cooking | olive oil | 11. True or False, too many vitamins can be dangerous | true | 12. To provide extra energy for playing a school competition game one should eat from which food group | breads and cereal | 13. People in the US receive most of their sugar intake from | soft drinks | 14. As a vegetarian eats no meat what could be an example of an meal they could eat to get complete proteins in their diet | Black eyed peas and rice | 15. Which food group does peanut butter, legumes, and eggs belong in | meat | 16. An example of a food item that would be considered an complex carbohydrates would be | macaroni | 17. If a person does not drink milk, what other item could they eat to increase calcium intheir diet | yogurt | 18. If a person is lactose intolerant which food item do they need to avoid | ice cream | 19. Eating habits and attitudes toward food are established during | childhood | 20. An average serving size of meat [2-3oz.] looks like | deck of cards | 21. When bones become brittle and you have had no or little calcium-foods in your diet you can develop this disease | osteoporosis |
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