QR Challenge: Iceman History Mystery
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. In 1991, a pair of hikers in the Otztal Alps along the Austrian-Italian border discovered a man's body |
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2. The body was located extremely high up in the mountains at 10,500 ft |
| 3. When the body was discovered, it was half-buried in the ice |
| 4. Many mountaineers die in this area from falls and other accidents |
| 5. The body had no hair, fingernails, or skin |
| 6. Next to the body were bits of leather, string, and rolled-up birch bark |
| 7. The body was missing its twelfth pair of ribs |
| 8. Strangely the body had not been touched by predators like wolves or eagles |
| 9. The body was covered with strange tattoos in the form of groups of lines and crosses |
| 10. High levels of arsenic- a poisonous substance- were found in the hair from the body |
| 11. The body had a number of fractured ribs at the time of death |
| 12. The body was situated in a gully between two large walls of rock |
| 13. Excavations uncovered a broken longbow and a bearskin cap |
| 14. Of the two fingernails found, both showed he had suffered stressful illnesses leading up to his death |
| 15. Analysis of Otzi's intestinal contents showed two meals, one of which was consumed about 2 hours before his death |
| 16. In 2001, x-rays and a CT scan revealed the Otzi had an arrowhead lodged in his left shoulder when he died |
| 17. Although the arrow remained in his back, the shaft was no where to be found |
| 18. An ax was found with the body which appeared to be made of iron | |
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_1991,_a_pair_of_hikers_in_the_Otztal_Alps_along_the_Austrian-Italian_border_discovered_a_man's_body
Question 1 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_body_was_located_extremely_high_up_in_the_mountains_at_10,500_ft
Question 2 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_the_body_was_discovered,_it_was_half-buried_in_the_ice
Question 3 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Many_mountaineers_die_in_this_area_from_falls_and_other_accidents
Question 4 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_body_had_no_hair,_fingernails,_or_skin
Question 5 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Next_to_the_body_were_bits_of_leather,_string,_and_rolled-up_birch_bark
Question 6 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_body_was_missing_its_twelfth_pair_of_ribs
Question 7 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Strangely_the_body_had_not_been_touched_by_predators_like_wolves_or_eagles
Question 8 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_body_was_covered_with_strange_tattoos_in_the_form_of_groups_of_lines_and_crosses
Question 9 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=High_levels_of_arsenic-_a_poisonous_substance-_were_found_in_the_hair_from_the_body
Question 10 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_body_had_a_number_of_fractured_ribs_at_the_time_of_death
Question 11 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_body_was_situated_in_a_gully_between_two_large_walls_of_rock
Question 12 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Excavations_uncovered_a_broken_longbow_and_a_bearskin_cap
Question 13 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Of_the_two_fingernails_found,_both_showed_he_had_suffered_stressful_illnesses_leading_up_to_his_death
Question 14 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Analysis_of_Otzi's_intestinal_contents_showed_two_meals,_one_of_which_was_consumed_about_2_hours_before_his_death
Question 15 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_2001,_x-rays_and_a_CT_scan_revealed_the_Otzi_had_an_arrowhead_lodged_in_his_left_shoulder_when_he_died
Question 16 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Although_the_arrow_remained_in_his_back,_the_shaft_was_no_where_to_be_found
Question 17 (of 18)
Iceman History Mystery: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_ax_was_found_with_the_body_which_appeared_to_be_made_of_iron
Question 18 (of 18)
