QR Challenge: China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt
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. 1. In square miles, how big is China? | 4 million square miles
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2. 2. What is a common nickname for the Huang He, or Yellow River? | China's Sorrow
| 3. 3. What Plateau runs across most of Western China? | Plateau of Tibet
| 4. 4. What gemstone did many Chinese people use for jewelry and other objects? | Jade
| 5. 5. What is an oracle? | A prediction
| 6. 6. How much rain can the eastern plains of China receive per year? | 250 inches
| 7. 7. What mountain range borders China to the southwest? | Himalayas
| 8. 8. What are the names of the two major plains in China? | North China Plain and Manchurian Plain
| 9. 9. What desert stretches across northern China? | Gobi Desert
| 10. 10. What is the longest river in Asia? | Chang Jiang River
| 11. 11. What were the two major cities of the Shang Dysnasty? | Anyang and Luoyang
| 12. 12. What is China's biggest crop? | Rice
| 13. 13. What three seas border China? | Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea
| 14. 14. How long did the Shang Dynasty last? | 450 years
| 15. 15. How many symbols did China's first writing system include? | Over 2,000 |
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1._In_square_miles,_how_big_is_China?
Question 1 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=2._What_is_a_common_nickname_for_the_Huang_He,_or_Yellow_River?
Question 2 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=3._What_Plateau_runs_across_most_of_Western_China?
Question 3 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=4._What_gemstone_did_many_Chinese_people_use_for_jewelry_and_other_objects?
Question 4 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=5._What_is_an_oracle?
Question 5 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=6._How_much_rain_can_the_eastern_plains_of_China_receive_per_year?
Question 6 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=7._What_mountain_range_borders_China_to_the_southwest?
Question 7 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=8._What_are_the_names_of_the_two_major_plains_in_China?
Question 8 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=9._What_desert_stretches_across_northern_China?
Question 9 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=10._What_is_the_longest_river_in_Asia?
Question 10 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=11._What_were_the_two_major_cities_of_the_Shang_Dysnasty?
Question 11 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=12._What_is_China's_biggest_crop?
Question 12 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=13._What_three_seas_border_China?
Question 13 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=14._How_long_did_the_Shang_Dynasty_last?
Question 14 (of 15)
China Geography/Section 1 Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=15._How_many_symbols_did_China's_first_writing_system_include?
Question 15 (of 15)