QR Challenge: Outdoor Learning Day
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. Make a symmetrical pattern using natural materials | 1
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2. Measure the circumferance of as many trees as you can in 10 minutes | 2
| 3. Measure the length of the school playground | 3
| 4. Draw clocks on the ground with chalk and challenge your friends to solve time problems | 4
| 5. Weave a pattern on the nursery fence using old carrier bags | 5
| 6. Go on a shape hunt | 6
| 7. How many daisies can you find within one square metre, can you use sticks to make a tally chart to show how many daisies you find | 7
| 8. How many sticks can you find? How can you present your sticks so we can count them quickly? | 8
| 9. Mark out a square using sticks, them make a picture using leaves, stones, twigs or anything else you can find. | 9
| 10. Mark out a square using twigs or masking tape, how many leaves can fit inside it, side by side? | 10
| 11. Find as many sticks or stones as you can and order them according to size! | 11
| 12. Explore the number | | 13. Draw shadows using chalk | 13
| 14. Design a maths game for younger children using only chalk and any natural materials around you | 14
| 15. Can you measure your friend using stones or sticks? | 15 |
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Make_a_symmetrical_pattern_using_natural_materials
Question 1 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Measure_the_circumferance_of_as_many_trees_as_you_can_in_10_minutes
Question 2 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Measure_the_length_of_the_school_playground
Question 3 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Draw_clocks_on_the_ground_with_chalk_and_challenge_your_friends_to_solve_time_problems
Question 4 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Weave_a_pattern_on_the_nursery_fence_using_old_carrier_bags
Question 5 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Go_on_a_shape_hunt
Question 6 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_daisies_can_you_find_within_one_square_metre,_can_you_use_sticks_to_make_a_tally_chart_to_show_how_many_daisies_you_find
Question 7 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_sticks_can_you_find?_How_can_you_present_your_sticks_so_we_can_count_them_quickly?
Question 8 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mark_out_a_square_using_sticks,_them_make_a_picture_using_leaves,_stones,_twigs_or_anything_else_you_can_find.
Question 9 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mark_out_a_square_using_twigs_or_masking_tape,_how_many_leaves_can_fit_inside_it,_side_by_side?
Question 10 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find_as_many_sticks_or_stones_as_you_can_and_order_them_according_to_size!
Question 11 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explore_the_number
Question 12 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Draw_shadows_using_chalk
Question 13 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Design_a_maths_game_for_younger_children_using_only_chalk_and_any_natural_materials_around_you
Question 14 (of 15)
Outdoor Learning Day: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Can_you_measure_your_friend_using_stones_or_sticks?
Question 15 (of 15)
