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. Today you will summarize information and create a poster about the job of a paleoclimatologist. Your group should be able to tell me what this person does and why the information that he or she gathers is important (relevant) to the study of ancient civilizations. Visit Dr. Fir and be ready to report back to the group what you have discovered. Good Luck http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/treerings/ | answers will vary | 2. Today you will summarize information about stems and rings. By the end of this lesson, your group will produce a poster that shows what you have learned. Be sure to carefully label and color your poster so that other groups will have accurate information. Start your journey here http://www.realtrees4kids.org/sixeight/stemsrings.htm | answers will vary | 3. Today you will visit Cornell University and be able to summarize information about dendrochronology. By the end of this lesson your group will produce a poster that shows what you have learned. Be sure to provide accurate information. Start learning here http://dendro.cornell.edu/whatisdendro.php | answers will vary | 4. Today you will be able to construct information about the life of a tree. Your group will produce a poster that summarizes the information found in the Life of a tree link. Be sure to provide accurate information. Start here http://www.arborday.org/kids/carly/lifeofatree/ | answers will vary | 5. | 6. Today you will be able to construct information about tree cookies. Your group will produce an informational poster that summarizes the information that you have found. Be sure to provide accurate information and graphics. Start your hunt here: http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/tree-cookies | answers will vary |
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