QR Challenge: The Last Treasure 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. Multiply the month summer starts with how many days are in July. | 186
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2. Multiply the year with how many months there are in a year. | 24,180
| 3. If the Royals have won 89 games last season, how many more games do they have to win to catch up to that record? They have currently won 35. | 54
| 4. Multiply how many states there are by how many stripes are on the American flag. | 650
| 5. Divide the year we became a country by how many stars are on the American flag. | 35.52
| 6. Add up the room numbers for the west side of our hallway. | 157
| 7. Find the number of House of Representatives and Senate members Missouri has and add them up. Then subtract them from the total members the United States has all together. | 525
| 8. Find how many sides home plate has and multiply by the number of teams in the MLB. | 150
| 9. If there are 32 NFL teams and 4 teams per division, how many divisions are there? | 8
| 10. If there's 100 yards on a football field, the Chiefs were on the 17 yard line. If they moved to the 32 yard line, how many more yards do they need to make a touchdown? | 68
| 11. A trapezoid has how many pairs of parallel sides? | 1
| 12. In the game of Farkle, if I rolled 3 threes, 2 fives and a one, what is my total point value? | 500
| 13. If school starts at 8:35 and dismisses at 3:15, how many hours are we in school? | 6 hours and 40 minutes
| 14. How many letters are in the American alphabet multiplied by how many letters are in the Hawaiian alphabet? | 338
| 15. How many days have we had so far in the year 2015? | 170 |
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Multiply_the_month_summer_starts_with_how_many_days_are_in_July.
Question 1 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Multiply_the_year_with_how_many_months_there_are_in_a_year.
Question 2 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_the_Royals_have_won_89_games_last_season,_how_many_more_games_do_they_have_to_win_to_catch_up_to_that_record?__They_have_currently_won_35.
Question 3 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Multiply_how_many_states_there_are_by_how_many_stripes_are_on_the_American_flag.
Question 4 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Divide_the_year_we_became_a_country_by_how_many_stars_are_on_the_American_flag.
Question 5 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Add_up_the_room_numbers_for_the_west_side_of_our_hallway.
Question 6 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find_the_number_of_House_of_Representatives_and_Senate_members_Missouri_has_and_add_them_up.__Then_subtract_them_from_the_total_members_the_United_States_has_all_together.
Question 7 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find_how_many_sides_home_plate_has_and_multiply_by_the_number_of_teams_in_the_MLB.
Question 8 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_there_are_32_NFL_teams_and_4_teams_per_division,_how_many_divisions_are_there?
Question 9 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_there's_100_yards_on_a_football_field,_the_Chiefs_were_on_the_17_yard_line.__If_they_moved_to_the_32_yard_line,_how_many_more_yards_do_they_need_to_make_a_touchdown?
Question 10 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_trapezoid_has_how_many_pairs_of_parallel_sides?
Question 11 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_the_game_of_Farkle,_if_I_rolled_3_threes,_2_fives_and_a_one,_what_is_my_total_point_value?
Question 12 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_school_starts_at_8:35_and_dismisses_at_3:15,_how_many_hours_are_we_in_school?
Question 13 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_letters_are_in_the_American_alphabet_multiplied_by_how_many_letters_are_in_the_Hawaiian_alphabet?
Question 14 (of 15)
The Last Treasure Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_days_have_we_had_so_far_in_the_year_2015?
Question 15 (of 15)