QR Challenge: Climate vs. Weather
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. It snowed 5 inches last night. | weather
|
2.
| | 3. It has not rained this month. | weather
| 4.
| | 5. It usually rains a lot in April. | climate
| 6.
| | 7. This winter might be colder than normal. | climate
| 8.
| | 9. It was very foggy this morning. | weather
| 10.
| | 11. There is a severe thunderstorm watch for this area today. | weather
| 12.
| | 13. The temperature always reaches over 100 degrees in the summer time in Texas. | climate
| 14.
| | 15. Last night had a low temperature of 38 degrees. | weather
| 16.
| | 17. The skies are so clear today. | weather
| 18.
| | 19. It is very sunny today. | weather
| 20.
| | 21. We usually have less outdoor recesses in December because it is cold. | climate
| 22.
| | 23. The months of March and April are known as the tornado months because we usually have more tornados then. | climate
| 24.
| | 25. The Earth has been warming more and more every year. | climate
| 26.
| | 27. The temperatures in Florida are usually really good for swimming. | climate
| 28.
| | 29. Tomorrow will have a low of 48 degrees and a high of 73 degrees. | weather
| 30.
| | 31. New Mexico received more snow this winter than it has in the past. | climate |
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_snowed_5_inches_last_night.
Question 1 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 2 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_has_not_rained_this_month.
Question 3 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 4 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_usually_rains_a_lot_in_April.
Question 5 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 6 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_winter_might_be_colder_than_normal.
Question 7 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 8 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_was_very_foggy_this_morning.
Question 9 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 10 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=There_is_a_severe_thunderstorm_watch_for_this_area_today.
Question 11 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 12 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_temperature_always_reaches_over_100_degrees_in_the_summer_time_in_Texas.
Question 13 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 14 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Last_night_had_a_low_temperature_of_38_degrees.
Question 15 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 16 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_skies_are_so_clear_today.
Question 17 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 18 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=It_is_very_sunny_today.
Question 19 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 20 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=We_usually_have_less_outdoor_recesses_in_December_because_it_is_cold.
Question 21 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 22 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_months_of_March_and_April_are_known_as_the_tornado_months_because_we_usually_have_more_tornados_then.
Question 23 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 24 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Earth_has_been_warming_more_and_more_every_year.
Question 25 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 26 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_temperatures_in_Florida_are_usually_really_good_for_swimming.
Question 27 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 28 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Tomorrow_will_have_a_low_of_48_degrees_and_a_high_of_73_degrees.
Question 29 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 30 (of 31)
Climate vs. Weather: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=New_Mexico_received_more_snow_this_winter_than_it_has_in_the_past.
Question 31 (of 31)