QR Challenge: World War 1 Facts!
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. An explosion on the Battlefield in France was heard in London! | FACT!
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2. Did you know that war work turned some women's skin yellow?! | FACT!
| 3. WW1 sparked the invention of plastic surgery! | FACT!
| 4. The youngest British soldier to fight in the war was only 12 years old! | FACT!
| 5. WW1 nearly caused a financial breakdown in Britain. | FACT!
| 6. Colourful makeovers meant that WW1 ships hid in plain sight! | FACT!
| 7. Only 9/10 soldiers survived the trenches. | FACT!
| 8. Did you know that a fake Paris was built to fool German pilots in WW1?! | FACT!
| 9. A wounded pigeon saved over 198 lives of army men in the USA in WW1. | FACT!
| 10. The shortage of steel forced people to make concrete ships! | FACT!
| 11. British soldiers first went to war with only a cloth cap for protection! | FACT!
| 12. Effective gas masks didn't exist at the start of the war! | FACT!
| 13. During WW1, the Spanish flu caused about 1/3 of total military deaths! | FACT!
| 14. Dogs were used to lay down telegraph wires! | FACT!
| 15. A soldier couldn't fall asleep in the war at all! | FACT!
| 16. The King of Belgium fought in the war! | FACT!
| 17. Generals were banned for 'going over the top'. | FACT!
| 18. Hitler used to have a full-sized moustache, but he cut it so he could wear a gas mask properly! | FACT!
| 19. About as many horses were killed (on the Western Front) as people. | FACT!
| 20. The average life expectancy in the trenches was about 6 weeks! | FACT! |
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_explosion_on_the_Battlefield_in_France_was_heard_in_London!
Question 1 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Did_you_know_that_war_work_turned_some_women's_skin_yellow?!
Question 2 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=WW1_sparked_the_invention_of_plastic_surgery!
Question 3 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_youngest_British_soldier_to_fight_in_the_war_was_only_12_years_old!
Question 4 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=WW1_nearly_caused_a_financial_breakdown_in_Britain.
Question 5 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Colourful_makeovers_meant_that_WW1_ships_hid_in_plain_sight!
Question 6 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Only_9/10_soldiers_survived_the_trenches.
Question 7 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Did_you_know_that_a_fake_Paris_was_built_to_fool_German_pilots_in_WW1?!
Question 8 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_wounded_pigeon_saved_over_198_lives_of_army_men_in_the_USA_in_WW1.
Question 9 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_shortage_of_steel_forced_people_to_make_concrete_ships!
Question 10 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=British_soldiers_first_went_to_war_with_only_a_cloth_cap_for_protection!
Question 11 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Effective_gas_masks_didn't_exist_at_the_start_of_the_war!
Question 12 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=During_WW1,_the_Spanish_flu_caused_about_1/3_of_total_military_deaths!
Question 13 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Dogs_were_used_to_lay_down_telegraph_wires!
Question 14 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_soldier_couldn't_fall_asleep_in_the_war_at_all!
Question 15 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_King_of_Belgium_fought_in_the_war!
Question 16 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Generals_were_banned_for_'going_over_the_top'.
Question 17 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Hitler_used_to_have_a_full-sized_moustache,_but_he_cut_it_so_he_could_wear_a_gas_mask_properly!
Question 18 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=About_as_many_horses_were_killed_(on_the_Western_Front)_as_people.
Question 19 (of 20)
World War 1 Facts!: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_average_life_expectancy_in_the_trenches_was_about_6_weeks!
Question 20 (of 20)
