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. What is Muscular Dystrophy? | a hereditary condition marked by progressive weakening and wasting of the muscles. | 2. What chromosome does muscular dystrophy affect? | X chromosome | 3. Why are boys more likely to get DMD than girls? | Boys carry and X and Y chromsomes and girls carry only X. If one X gene is affected, girls still have the other gene that can make dystrophin. | 4. By what age do most boys with DMD start using a wheelchair? | Boys who are not treated might choose to use a wheelchair by 10 or 11. Boys treated may be able to avoid wheelchair use until 13 or 14. | 5. What might be expected with regard to friendships as the condition progresses? | Going to a friends house decreases, social interaction during PE | 6. What are some issues that might arise at school? | Fatigue during classes that require physical activity, the simple task of writing can become difficult and the child's sentences will become shorter. |
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