QR Challenge: Icelandic Volcano
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. It happened because The North American and Eurasian plate moves apart. This is a constructive plate boundary. | 1
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2. The volcano eruptions ended in October 2010. We know this because the snow on the glacier did not melt up untill then. | 2
| 3. The eruptions began at the end of 2009, small seismic activity was measured but gradually increased to major eruptions in April/May 2010. | 3
| 4. The ash cloud was the main reason why there was huge distruption across Europe for 6 days. | 4
| 5. 10 million people where affected because the ash cloud caused many flights to be cancelled. | 5
| 6. Ice and molten rock mixed together and created the ash cloud | 6
| 7. The flight businesses lost around £80 million | 7
| 8. 20th March 2010 – Small eruptions start from the volcano | 8
| 9. 17th April 2010 – The eruption continued but less explosively meaning that the amount of ash being erupted was getting smaller, however countries still had to close airspace as the ash already in the air spread out over Europe. | 9
| 10. 14th April 2010 – The ash cloud from the volcano reaches up 8km into the sky | 10
| 11. 12th April 2010 – Hundreds of small earthquakes happen; a sign that a bigger eruption is on the way. | 11
| 12. 15th April 2010 - Ash has blown all over Europe, causing countries to close their air space and stop planes. | 12
| 13. 19th April 2010 – The first countries reopened their airspace; including Germany, Poland and Switzerland. | 13
| 14. 20th April 2010 – All airspace was reopened and it was safe for planes to fly over Europe again. | 14
| 15. 13th April 2010 – A large eruption happens directly underneath a large amount of ice causing it to melt. The water mixes with lava and creates a huge ash cloud. | 15 |
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_happened_because_The_North_American_and_Eurasian_plate_moves_apart._This_is_a_constructive_plate_boundary.
Question 1 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_volcano_eruptions_ended_in_October_2010._We_know_this_because_the_snow_on_the_glacier_did_not_melt_up_untill_then.
Question 2 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_eruptions_began_at_the_end_of_2009,_small_seismic_activity_was_measured_but_gradually_increased_to_major_eruptions_in_April/May_2010.
Question 3 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_ash_cloud_was_the_main_reason_why_there_was_huge_distruption_across_Europe_for_6_days.
Question 4 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=10_million_people_where_affected_because_the_ash_cloud_caused_many_flights_to_be_cancelled.
Question 5 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ice_and_molten_rock_mixed_together_and_created_the_ash_cloud
Question 6 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_flight_businesses_lost_around_£80_million
Question 7 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=20th_March_2010_–_Small_eruptions_start_from_the_volcano
Question 8 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=17th_April_2010_–_The_eruption_continued_but_less_explosively_meaning_that_the_amount_of_ash_being_erupted_was_getting_smaller,_however_countries_still_had_to_close_airspace_as_the_ash_already_in_the_air_spread_out_over_Europe.
Question 9 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=14th_April_2010_–_The_ash_cloud_from_the_volcano_reaches_up_8km_into_the_sky
Question 10 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=12th_April_2010_–_Hundreds_of_small_earthquakes_happen;_a_sign_that_a_bigger_eruption_is_on_the_way.
Question 11 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=15th_April_2010_-_Ash_has_blown_all_over_Europe,_causing_countries_to_close_their_air_space_and_stop_planes.
Question 12 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=19th_April_2010_–_The_first_countries_reopened_their_airspace;_including_Germany,_Poland_and_Switzerland.
Question 13 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=20th_April_2010_–_All_airspace_was_reopened_and_it_was_safe_for_planes_to_fly_over_Europe_again.
Question 14 (of 15)
Icelandic Volcano : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=13th_April_2010_–_A_large_eruption_happens_directly_underneath_a_large_amount_of_ice_causing_it_to_melt._The_water_mixes_with_lava_and_creates_a_huge_ash_cloud.
Question 15 (of 15)
