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. Name one province that has the Rocky Mountains in it. | British Columbia or Alberta | 2. | 3. | 4. What is the Canadian Shield?2 | An area of ancient rock that covers a large portion of Canada2 | 5. | 6. | 7. Name the largest province.3 | Quebec3 | 8. | 9. | 10. The CN Tower, the tallest building in Canada, is located in this province.4 | Ontario4 | 11. | 12. | 13. Name the three Prairie Provinces & tell me why they are called this.5 | Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba & they are called the Prairie Provinces because they are mainly flat and have farming there5 | 14. | 15. | 16. Describe the culture of Quebec, using at least 2 examples.6 | Quebec is primarily a French culture, they speak French as official language, they eat French food6 | 17. | 18. | 19. Name the national capital of Canada and which province it is located in.7 | Ottawa, Ontario7 | 20. | 21. Name the native group of people who made totem poles and tell which province they were located in.8 | Squamish, British Columbia8 | 22. Name the native group of people who chased buffalo over the cliff and tell which province they were located in.15 | Blackfoot and Alberta15 | 23. | 24. | 25. Who are the Canadian Snowbirds and what province are they from?9 | They are jets that perform air shows, Saskatchewan9 | 26. | 27. | 28. What major natural resource is found in Alberta?10 | Oil10 | 29. | 30. | 31. What are the 2 names of Niagara Falls?11 | Canadian Falls, American Falls11 | 32. | 33. | 34. What is the Biodome in Montreal, Quebec?12 | It is a dome with 4 ecosystems in it12 | 35. | 36. | 37. The St. Lawrence Seaway is important to Quebec, as well as many other places across the country. Why is it so important?13 | It is a major waterway and it is used to transport goods/products13 | 38. | 39. In what province did the explorer Samuel de Champlain set up a fur trade?14 | Quebec14 | 40. | 41. Louis Riel was a Metis leader who lead the native people of which province?16 | Manitoba or Saskatchewan16 |
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