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. The first paragraph gives the most important idea for the entry. What does it tell about the author? | She is going to spend four months in Antarctica. | 2. Summarize the main idea of the first paragraph on page 265. What details support this idea? | Main Idea: Antarctica is the windiest and coldest place on Earth. Detail: For millions of years, Antarctica has been in the grip of an ice age. | 3. Why does the author include a date at the top of page 264? | The date shows that the author is writing a journal.She has begun to keep track of what happens on her journey from the beginning. | 4. What details in the text support the conclusion that the author enjoys being on the ship? | She makes a little nest on deck and spends hours drawing, or just watching the sea and her surroundings; she doesn't even want to sleep or eat. | 5. How does the author feel about whales? How can you tell? | She must like them and respect them because she is glad they have the right of way over ships (possible answer). | 6. The author describes the sounds she hears when she is alone on the island. How does her choice of words help you understand her experience? | whine of wind, no human sounds except my breathing help me to feel the quiet and loneliness of the pace. | 7. why do you think the author chose to tell her story through her journal and letters? | It makes the readers feel as though they are part of the action as it's happening | 8. How does the author organize her ideas to show why the sea near Antarctica is full of life? What clue words show this? | Cause and effect to help readers understand that the meeting of warm northern water and cold southern water causes ideal conditions for an abundance of sea life. | 9. Summarize the main idea on the last paragraph of page 271 in a way that maintains meaning and logical order. | The author is suffering from BIG EYE, or sleep deprivation. She is silly and wide-eyed and is behaving in a peculiar way. | 10. How do the photos and illustrations support the information that the author wants to convey through her letter? | In her letter, the author tells about her visit to the penguin colony. Her illustrations and photos help us visualize what she saw and experienced (possible answer). | 11. What do the photograph and illustration reveal about the main idea of the journal entry on page 274? | The photos help readers visualize what crevasse is like so they can understand how dangerous her adventure was. | 12. Read page 274, paragraph 3. What images does the writer create? What senses is she appealing to? | The writer tries to create an image of strange and mysterious lights and sounds. She appeals to the sense of hearing with slap, echoes, and sizzled. She appeals to the sense of sight with the words eerie, luminesence, and neon light. | 13. What do you think the author is feeling as she watches the icebergs from the Polar Duke? | Enchanted by what she sees | 14. What opinion does the author express about Antarctica in the last paragraph on page 277? What facts from the journal support this opinion? | The last great wilderness on Earth. Describes as a wild region, place adventure where people visit but no one lives | 15. Do you think the author would return to Antarctica for another adventure? Why or why not? | own thoughts | 16. What do you think the author's implied purpose for writing Antarctic Journal? What text features support your answer? | own thoughts |
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