QR Challenge: Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge
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. Played on Feb. 21st, 2015 between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, where did Super Bowl XLIX take place? | University of Phoenix Stadium
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2. What are the 4S's and E of the causes of the Civil War? | slavery, secession, states rights, sectionalism and expansion
| 3. What pop-star sensation startled everyone in 2014 by showing up to a Halloween party dressed as a Flamin' Hot Cheeto? | Katy Perry
| 4. Before the Continental Drift, scientists believed that all the continents were one large land mass. What do scientists refer to this land mass as? | Pangaea
| 5. What was the name of the oversized hero in the Disney film "Big Hero 6?" | Baymax
| 6. This is the area where oceanic crust moves underneath continental crust and is destroyed (volcanoes usually form here). | subduction zone
| 7. Max started to read a novel. He read 15 pages a day. After 6 days, he had 3/8 of the book left. How many pages are there in the book? | 144 pages
| 8. The summer of 2014 will always be remembered as the summer where millions of people posted videos on social media dumping ice cold buckets of water on themselves and then issuing the challenge to others. What foundation raised over a $100 million due to the craze? | ALS foundation
| 9. What country-turned pop star dominated the charts with her hit "Blank Space"? | Taylor Swift
| 10. Gasoline price in August is $4.00 a gallon in August. The price increased by 10% in September and decreased by 5% in October. What is the price of gasoline per gallon in October? | $4.18
| 11. The snake slowly, silently, slithered toward it's prey is an example of what literary technique? | alliteration
| 12. What daytime talk show host Tweeted an epic, star studded selfie at the Oscars? | Ellen DeGeneres
| 13. This Greek God is the God of the sea and earthquakes. Zeus is his brother and the Trident is his symbol. | Poseidon
| 14. What woman's rights advocate was responsible for drawing up the Declaration of Sentiments that would define the July 1848 Seneca Falls Convention? | Elizabeth Cady Stanton
| 15. According to statistics released in January 2015, what was the #1 top trending Google search of 2014? | Robin Williams |
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Played_on_Feb._21st,_2015_between_the_New_England_Patriots_and_the_Seattle_Seahawks,_where_did_Super_Bowl_XLIX_take_place?
Question 1 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_are_the_4S's_and_E_of_the_causes_of_the_Civil_War?
Question 2 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_pop-star_sensation_startled_everyone_in_2014_by_showing_up_to_a_Halloween_party_dressed_as_a_Flamin'_Hot_Cheeto?
Question 3 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Before_the_Continental_Drift,_scientists_believed_that_all_the_continents_were_one_large_land_mass._What_do_scientists_refer_to_this_land_mass_as?
Question 4 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_name_of_the_oversized_hero_in_the_Disney_film_"Big_Hero_6?"
Question 5 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_is_the_area_where_oceanic_crust_moves_underneath_continental_crust_and_is_destroyed_(volcanoes_usually_form_here).
Question 6 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Max_started_to_read_a_novel._He_read_15_pages_a_day._After_6_days,_he_had_3/8_of_the_book_left._How_many_pages_are_there_in_the_book?
Question 7 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_summer_of_2014_will_always_be_remembered_as_the_summer_where_millions_of_people_posted_videos_on_social_media_dumping_ice_cold_buckets_of_water_on_themselves_and_then_issuing_the_challenge_to_others._What_foundation_raised_over_a_$100_million_due_to_the_craze?
Question 8 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_country-turned_pop_star_dominated_the_charts_with_her_hit_"Blank_Space"?
Question 9 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Gasoline_price_in_August_is_$4.00_a_gallon_in_August._The_price_increased_by_10%_in_September_and_decreased_by_5%_in_October._What_is_the_price_of_gasoline_per_gallon_in_October?
Question 10 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_snake_slowly,_silently,_slithered_toward_it's_prey_is_an_example_of_what_literary_technique?
Question 11 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_daytime_talk_show_host_Tweeted_an_epic,_star_studded_selfie_at_the_Oscars?
Question 12 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_Greek_God_is_the_God_of_the_sea_and_earthquakes._Zeus_is_his_brother_and_the_Trident_is_his_symbol.
Question 13 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_woman's_rights_advocate_was_responsible_for_drawing_up_the_Declaration_of_Sentiments_that_would_define_the_July_1848_Seneca_Falls_Convention?
Question 14 (of 15)
Outdoor Ed Scavenger Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=According_to_statistics_released_in_January_2015,_what_was_the_1_top_trending_Google_search_of_2014?
Question 15 (of 15)