QR Challenge: Political and Physical Maps Review
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. Where does more than half of Canada's population live? | Ontario and Quebec
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2. What is the name of the mountain range on Canada's West coast? | Coast Mountains
| 3. What is the highest point in Canada? How high is it? | Mt. Logan, 19550 (5,959 m) high
| 4. What is the name of the biggest island in Nunavut? | Baffin Island
| 5. What is the name of the bay that separates Baffin Island and Greenland? | Baffin Bay
| 6. What is the capital city of Canada? How do you know this? | Ottawa
| 7. Which provinces are the Great Plains located in? | Alberta and Saskatchewan
| 8. Write the relative location of Yukon | varies
| 9. What is the elevation of most of the Ungava Peninsula? | 0 metres/feet
| 10. Which province is Lake Winnipeg located in? | Manitoba
| 11. What is the elevation of the southernmost part of Alberta? | 1,650 ft (500 m)
| 12. What are the names of the five lakes between Canada and the United States? | Superior, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, Erie
| 13. Where is the source of the Mackenzie River? | Rocky Mountains
| 14. List the absolute location (coordinates) of: Fort Smith, Tuktoyaktuk, St. John's, and Whitehorse. | varies
| 15. Where is the mouth of the Albany River? | Hudson Bay
| 16. BONUS QUESTION: Which province is Ms. Johnson from? | Ontario! |
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_does_more_than_half_of_Canada's_population_live?
Question 1 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_name_of_the_mountain_range_on_Canada's_West_coast?
Question 2 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_highest_point_in_Canada?__How_high_is_it?
Question 3 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_name_of_the_biggest_island_in_Nunavut?
Question 4 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_name_of_the_bay_that_separates_Baffin_Island_and_Greenland?
Question 5 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_capital_city_of_Canada?__How_do_you_know_this?
Question 6 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_provinces_are_the_Great_Plains_located_in?
Question 7 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Write_the_relative_location_of_Yukon
Question 8 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_elevation_of_most_of_the_Ungava_Peninsula?
Question 9 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_province_is_Lake_Winnipeg_located_in?
Question 10 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_elevation_of_the_southernmost_part_of_Alberta?
Question 11 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_are_the_names_of_the_five_lakes_between_Canada_and_the_United_States?
Question 12 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_is_the_source_of_the_Mackenzie_River?
Question 13 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=List_the_absolute_location_(coordinates)_of:_Fort_Smith,_Tuktoyaktuk,_St._John's,_and_Whitehorse.
Question 14 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_is_the_mouth_of_the_Albany_River?
Question 15 (of 16)
Political and Physical Maps Review: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=BONUS_QUESTION:_Which_province_is_Ms._Johnson_from?
Question 16 (of 16)