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. What is measured by an anemometer | wind speed in mph | 2. What is measured by a barometer2 | air pressure in milibars or inches2 | 3. What is measured by s a hygrometer3 | humidity in %3 | 4. What is measured by a rain gauge4 | how much rain in inches or cm or mm4 | 5. What is measured by a thermometer5 | temperature in degrees F or C5 | 6. What is measured by a wind vane6 | wind direction in cardinal directions (NSWE)6 | 7. What is measured by a radar7 | tracks storms or precipitation using a map7 | 8. What is a front8 | Boundry between hot and cold air masses8 | 9. What is the troposphere9 | “sky” area of the atmosphere where the weather takes place | 10. What is wind10 | Moving air10 | 11. What are clouds11 | Gases, precipitation (water or ice) type in the air11 | 12. What types of clouds are there12 | Cumulus (puffy), stratus (layers, low), cirrus (feathery, wispy, high)12 | 13. What are types of precipitation13 | Rain, snow, sleet, hail, mist13 | 14. What type of scientist studies weather14 | Meteorologist14 | 15. What is weather15 | atmosphere right now at a certain place15 |
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