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 does the Word Dynamics Mean? | Volume | 2. How many Minims are in a bar of 4 beats? | 2 | 3. What is the musical word for speed? | Tempo | 4. What does Crescendo mean? | Getting Louder | 5. CDEFGABC - This is a major what? | Scale | 6. How many beats do you get from 6 quaver notes? | 6 | 7. Unscramble these letters to reveal a musical element - IBETMR | Timbre | 8. How many lines make up a musical stave? | 5 | 9. Using Treble Clef, what note is found on the middle Line? | B | 10. What word describes the High and Low notes? | Pitch | 11. How name black keys (of different names) are found on a keyboard? | 5 | 12. What are the 4 instrumental families in the Orchestra? | Strings, Woodwind, Brass & Percussion | 13. What instrumental family would the Trumpet be in? | Brass | 14. What is the title given to the person who stands at the front of an Orchestra? | Conductor | 15. What instrumental family would the Timpani be in? | Percussion |
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