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. A utensil for whipping eggs or cream. | Whisk | 2. 2. This utensil also refers to as a turner which is used to flip over pancakes and meat patties. | Spatula | 3. 3. This utensil yields perfectly shaped, 2 ¾"-diameter cookies. | Cookie Scoop | 4. 4. This utensil allows you to gather every bit of dough from a board or batter from a bowl, helping make sure none of the goodness goes to waste. | Rubber Scraper | 5. 5. Used to spread frosting/smooth ingredients as well as loosen cakes, cookies, and bread from pans. It's used to level off dry ingredients | Leveler | 6. 6. This comes in glass or metal and are traditionally used to mix batters, beat large volumes of eggs, prepare whipping cream, or mix salads and dressings. | Mixing Bowls | 7. 7. This is a device that can be set over a bowl, with a cup to catch the yolk and vents to allow the white to pass down. | Egg Separator | 8. 8. This utensil is a cylindrical food preparation utensil used to shape and flatten dough. | Rolling Pin | 9. 9. This is a cooking utensil used to mix a hard (solid) fat into flour in order to make pastries. The tool is usually made of narrow metal strips or wires attached to a handle. | Pastry Blender | 10. 10. These are a type of tool used to grip and lift objects instead of holding them directly with hands. | Tongs | 11. 11. This is also known as a shredder is a kitchen utensil used to grate foods into fine pieces. | Grater | 12. 12. This utensil is a large long-handled spoon with a cup-shaped bowl, used for serving soup, stew, or sauce. | Ladle | 13. 13.This is a kitchen tool consisting of a slotted metal blade attached to a handle that is used to remove the outer layer, or "skin", of certain vegetables and fruit. | Peeler | 14. 14. This is used for measuring solid cooking ingredients like flour, sugar, oats, etc. | Dry Measuring Cup | 15. 15.This is a kitchen utensil used primarily to measure the volume of liquid. | Liquid Measuring Cup | 16. 16. This is used to measure a small amount of an ingredient, either liquid or dry, when cooking. | Measuring Spoons |
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