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. 1. True or false? McDonald’s has restaurants in over 100 countries around the world. | True | 2. 2. Chiffon, marble and bundt are types of what? | Cakes | 3. 3. About 80% of the beef supply is controlled by only four companies. List them. | Tyson, Swift, Cargill, and National Beef. | 4. 4. List two ways that chickens are physically different now than in the 1950s, before the green revolution. | Chickens reach adult size much faster, and are bred to have much larger breasts, since that meat is considered the most valuable. | 5. 5. Explain why farmers are economically bound to the large meat companies. | A very high initial investment is needed to build the actual chicken houses. The farmers then must go under contract to one of the large companies to earn enough to pay off this debt. The companies then continually demand upgrades to their operations, furthering their debt. | 6. 6. Why would the large meat suppliers be interested in lobbying the government for subsidies for corn? | Corn is the foundation of their feed. | 7. 7. What is a CAFO? | Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations | 8. 8. Explain how obesity, diabetes, and poverty are linked? | Varied | 9. 9. What is the expected rate of Type II Diabetes in people born after the year 2005? In minorities? | Varied | 10. 10. How is the cheap cost of industrial food “dishonest” or misleading? | Varied | 11. 11. If pollen from a GMO field blows into and pollinates a non-GMO field, does Monsanto have a legal claim? Explain. | Yes, they own the patent on that seed. | 12. 12. What are “Veggie Libel” laws? | Laws passed in 13 U.S. states that make it easier for food producers to sue their critics for libel. | 13. 13. What role does the WTO play in International Trade? | Varied | 14. 14. What are the primary arguments against Free Trade? | Varied | 15. 15. Why do World Nations sign policies that they know will only hurt them in the long run and barely help them in the short run? | Varied | 16. 16. What were some of the most profound concepts you learned this term? | Varied | 17. 17. What are your thoughts on iPads in the classroom? It is happening - so this isn't a question of whether or not we should have them. Rather, I am asking…what are the best ways to use them. | Varied |
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