QR Challenge: ABCs of Sub-Saharan Africa

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. A ____ capital of the island country off the east coast of Africa
2. B ____ country that uses the Pula
3. C ____ low lying area in central Africa
4. D ____ mountain range in Africa
5. E ____ country that uses the Birr and has a tributary of the Nile River
6. F ____ language spoken in Mali, Niger, and Congo
7. G ____ formed millions of years ago when the continents pulled apart
8. H ____ capital of a small country near Victoria Falls
9. I ____ between 1941 and 2011, most African countries attained this status from colonial rulers
10. J ____ large city and former capital of South Africa
11. K ____ highest mountain in Africa
12. L ____ tiny country near the source of the Orange River
13. M ____ separates Madagascar from mainland Africa
14. N ____ country with the least amount of rainfall per year
15. O ____ capital of a landlocked country in West Africa
16. P ____ resource not found in Tanzania (Hint: find a resource map in your book)
17. Q ____ holy book of one of the major religions found in Kenya and Somalia
18. R ____ country near the Great Rift Valley
19. S ____ transitional zone between the Sahara Desert and the savannas to the south
20. T ____ small country near Lake Volta
21. U ____ river that forms part of the border between the two Congos
22. V ____ largest lake in Africa
23. W ____capital of the 2nd most sparsely populated country in the world
24. X ____ instrument made of wooden slabs called a balafon, in parts of Western Africa
25. Y ____ capital of a country in West Africa with a French name
26. Z ____ country near Africa's highest waterfall

 

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