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. River: What is an abiotic factor of rivers? Find the blue triangle and triangular sail for your next question. | light, water, temperature, chemistry, substrate | 2. Tundra: What does tundra mean? Go to the spool that is closest to the sun | A treeless, arctic region. | 3. Ocean: What percent of the world is covered by the ocean? Find a shape that is 360 degrees and has a diameter of approximately 3 meters | 71% | 4. Rain Forest: What country has most of the world's rainforest? Find the door facing north that is the furthest west of the outside of the middle building | Brazil | 5. Savannah: What is another name for Savannah? Go to the brick wall that is furthest west and locate the first brick you come to. | tropical grasslands | 6. Desert: Come up with an adjective that describes a desert.Go to the outdoor classroom and find the northeast post. | adjective for desert | 7. Coniferous Forest: Which hemisphere contains the most Coniferous forest? Find the group of bricks that each have a perimeter of about 23 inches. | northern hemisphere | 8. Deciduous Forest: What is the average annual temperature? Go north from the outdoor classroom and up a slope until you find a closed access to the field | 50 degrees fahrenheit | 9. Mountains: How are mountains formed? Go to where you can use calcium carbonate to write. | plate tectonics | 10. Lake: What is the largest lake in the world? Find the six rectangles that have a area of 12ft and locate the one that is solid aureolin | Lake Superior | 11. Taiga: What is another name for Taiga? Go to the artificially constructed wall with grips for hands and feet. | Boreal forest | 12. Grassland: What is a word for grasslands in the United States? Go to the tetherball pole that is not perpednicular. | Prairie | 13. Arctic: What is the average winter temperature in the Arctic? Go to the pile of loose soil or earth that is surrounded by fallen timber | -30 f or- 34c | 14. Cave: How do caves form? Go to the slide that will give you the longest acceleration. | weathering... | 15. Reef: What are the to kinds of corals? Go to the most easily accessible birdhouse on the medial post that is to the right of the path. | Hard and soft | 16. Tropical: What do tropical ecologists study? Go to the deciduous tree farthest from Pikes Peak within the boundary | Abiotic and biotic relationships of the tropics |
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