QR Challenge: Russia (Geography and History)
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. Climate zones with sparse or few populations | Tundra and Subarctic
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2. treeless zone found near the Arctic Circle or high Mountain elevtions | Tundra
| 3. An inland body of saltwater and important resource that is slowly shrinking | Caspian Sea
| 4. Provides hydroelectric power and a source of irrigation | Volga River
| 5. One of the world's largest plains. Permafrost covers 2/3 of this region | Siberia
| 6. Separate western (Europe) and eastern Russia (Asia) | Ural Mountains
| 7. The capital of Russia | Moscow
| 8. The largest country in the world in size and stretches over two countries. | Russia
| 9. Status of Soviet Union after World War 2 (WWII) | Superpower
| 10. Ended the Czar rule and began the Communist era. | Russian Revolution
| 11. Death of thousands of people during World War 1 (WWI); occurred before the Holocaust | Armenian Genocide
| 12. Waht was the war called between the United States and the Soviet Union that led to a build up of nuclear weapons and increased exploration into space | Cold War
| 13. Came to power in the 1980's; he restructures policies in the country leading to "Glasnost" (openness) with the world | Mikhail Gorbachev
| 14. This led to the end of communism in the Soviet Union and started a democratic society in the year 1991(HInt | | 15. Introduced a plan of collectivization to transform the economy of the Soviet Union and It FAILED!!! | Joseph Stalin
| 16. The Soviet Union tried to send missiles to Cuba; the United States responded by setting up a naval blockade | Cuban Missel Crisis
| 17. Leader of Russia in the 1990's begins to criticize the media and puts limits on free speech (undemocratic ideals) | Vladamir Putin
| 18. Soviet spending on weapons and space exploration during the Cold War resulted in less money and food for it's people | effect of the cold war
| 19. The murder of vast numbers of people of an ethnic or cultural group | Genocide
| 20. All farmland is owned by the government. | collectivization |
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Climate_zones_with_sparse_or_few_populations
Question 1 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=treeless_zone_found_near_the_Arctic_Circle_or_high_Mountain_elevtions
Question 2 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_inland_body_of_saltwater_and_important_resource_that_is_slowly_shrinking
Question 3 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Provides_hydroelectric_power_and_a_source_of_irrigation
Question 4 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=One_of_the_world's_largest_plains._Permafrost_covers_2/3_of_this_region
Question 5 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Separate_western_(Europe)_and_eastern_Russia_(Asia)
Question 6 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_capital_of_Russia
Question 7 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_largest_country_in_the_world_in_size_and_stretches_over_two_countries.
Question 8 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Status_of_Soviet_Union_after_World_War_2_(WWII)
Question 9 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ended_the_Czar_rule_and_began_the_Communist_era.
Question 10 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Death_of_thousands_of_people_during_World_War_1_(WWI);_occurred_before_the_Holocaust
Question 11 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Waht_was_the_war_called_between_the_United_States_and_the_Soviet_Union_that_led_to_a_build_up_of_nuclear_weapons_and_increased_exploration_into_space
Question 12 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Came_to_power_in_the_1980's;_he_restructures_policies_in_the_country_leading_to_"Glasnost"_(openness)_with_the_world
Question 13 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_led_to_the_end_of_communism_in_the_Soviet_Union_and_started_a_democratic_society_in_the_year_1991(HInt
Question 14 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Introduced_a_plan_of_collectivization_to_transform_the_economy_of_the_Soviet_Union_and_It_FAILED!!!
Question 15 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Soviet_Union_tried_to_send_missiles_to_Cuba;_the_United_States_responded_by_setting_up_a_naval_blockade
Question 16 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Leader_of_Russia_in_the_1990's_begins_to_criticize_the_media_and_puts_limits_on_free_speech_(undemocratic_ideals)
Question 17 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Soviet_spending_on_weapons_and_space_exploration_during_the_Cold_War_resulted_in_less_money_and_food_for_it's_people
Question 18 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_murder_of_vast_numbers_of_people_of_an_ethnic_or_cultural_group
Question 19 (of 20)
Russia (Geography and History): QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=All_farmland_is_owned_by_the_government.
Question 20 (of 20)
