QR Challenge: Animal Classification
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
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
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
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!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
1. I am a river otter! My friend says: I live in dark spaces. I have fur, four legs and a long tail. I like to live in big communities with lots of brothers and sisters. |
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2. I am an rat! My friend says: I look like a big deer. I have bag antlers and live in the forest. I eat berries and tree bark. |
| 3. I am an elk! My friend says: I live in the ocean. My head is wide and flat. I eat fish, squid, and crabs. |
| 4. I am a hammerhead shark! My friend says: I live in caves. I like the dark. I'm a mammal but I have leathery wings. |
| 5. I am a bat! My friend says: I live in the ocean. My home is an anemone. My body is striped in black, white, and orange. I use my fins to move around. |
| 6. I am a clown fish! My friend says: I live in the savannah. I have spots all over my body, and I can run really fast to catch my food. |
| 7. I am a cheetah! My friend says: I have four fins. My house is a hard shell. I live in the water, and live to be hundreds of years old. |
| 8. I am a sea turtle! My friend says: I have fur that is black and white. I love to eat bamboo. I live in the forests of Asia. |
| 9. I am a panda bear! My friend says: My fur is orange with black stripes. I hunt for my food in the jungle. I am a huge cat. |
| 10. I am a tiger! My friend says: I live in the ocean. I communicate through echolocation and squeaking. My family and I can protect each other against sharks. |
| 11. I am a dolphin! My friend says: I live in trees. I am nocturnal. My head can turn around 360 degrees. |
| 12. I am an owl! My friend says: I have feathers. I live by the ocean. I eat fish and crabs and people's sandwiches. |
| 13. I am a seagull! My friend says: I am small and have red fur. I live in forests and snowy regions. I eat meat, eggs, and berries. Almost like some humans! |
| 14. I am a fox! My friend says: I live in forests. My senses of smell and hearing are important to finding my food. I like to live in packs. |
| 15. I am a wolf! My friend says: I live in rivers. I have fur, but it doesn't look fluffy most of the time. I like to eat seafood, and my plate is my belly. | |
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_a_river_otter!_My_friend_says:_I_live_in_dark_spaces._I_have_fur,_four_legs_and_a_long_tail._I_like_to_live_in_big_communities_with_lots_of_brothers_and_sisters.
Question 1 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_an_rat!_My_friend_says:_I_look_like_a_big_deer._I_have_bag_antlers_and_live_in_the_forest._I_eat_berries_and_tree_bark.
Question 2 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_an_elk!_My_friend_says:_I_live_in_the_ocean._My_head_is_wide_and_flat._I_eat_fish,_squid,_and_crabs.
Question 3 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_a_hammerhead_shark!_My_friend_says:_I_live_in_caves._I_like_the_dark._I'm_a_mammal_but_I_have_leathery_wings.
Question 4 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_a_bat!_My_friend_says:_I_live_in_the_ocean._My_home_is_an_anemone._My_body_is_striped_in_black,_white,_and_orange._I_use_my_fins_to_move_around.
Question 5 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_a_clown_fish!_My_friend_says:_I_live_in_the_savannah._I_have_spots_all_over_my_body,_and_I_can_run_really_fast_to_catch_my_food.
Question 6 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_a_cheetah!_My_friend_says:_I_have_four_fins._My_house_is_a_hard_shell._I_live_in_the_water,_and_live_to_be_hundreds_of_years_old.
Question 7 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_a_sea_turtle!_My_friend_says:_I_have_fur_that_is_black_and_white._I_love_to_eat_bamboo._I_live_in_the_forests_of_Asia.
Question 8 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_a_panda_bear!_My_friend_says:_My_fur_is_orange_with_black_stripes._I_hunt_for_my_food_in_the_jungle._I_am_a_huge_cat.
Question 9 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_a_tiger!_My_friend_says:_I_live_in_the_ocean._I_communicate_through_echolocation_and_squeaking._My_family_and_I_can_protect_each_other_against_sharks.
Question 10 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_a_dolphin!_My_friend_says:_I_live_in_trees._I_am_nocturnal._My_head_can_turn_around_360_degrees.
Question 11 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_an_owl!_My_friend_says:_I_have_feathers._I_live_by_the_ocean._I_eat_fish_and_crabs_and_people's_sandwiches.
Question 12 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_a_seagull!_My_friend_says:_I_am_small_and_have_red_fur._I_live_in_forests_and_snowy_regions._I_eat_meat,_eggs,_and_berries._Almost_like_some_humans!
Question 13 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_a_fox!_My_friend_says:_I_live_in_forests._My_senses_of_smell_and_hearing_are_important_to_finding_my_food._I_like_to_live_in_packs.
Question 14 (of 15)
Animal Classification: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=I_am_a_wolf!_My_friend_says:_I_live_in_rivers._I_have_fur,_but_it_doesn't_look_fluffy_most_of_the_time._I_like_to_eat_seafood,_and_my_plate_is_my_belly.
Question 15 (of 15)