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. Units for Power. | Watts | 2. Units for Energy. | Joules | 3. Units for Time. | Seconds | 4. Voltage is the same in each branch. | Parallel Circuit | 5. Voltage is ivided amongst each component. | Series Circuit | 6. A non-renewable Energy. | Coal | 7. A renewable energy. | Wind | 8. Used to measure current. | Ammeter | 9. Units for current. | Amperes | 10. Used to measure voltage. | Voltmeter | 11. Units for voltage. | Voltmeter | 12. If you increase the current what happens to the current in a series circuit? | Decreases | 13. How much energy does a 2kW kettle use in 60 secs? | 120kJ | 14. The flow of electrons is called a what? | Current | 15. True or False, Heat energy is a type of Energy. | True | 16. True or False, hydroelectric energy is non-renewable. | False |
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