QR Challenge: Who was Ben Franklin?
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. How many kids were in Ben's family? | 17
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2.
| | 3. When was he born? | Jan.17 1706
| 4.
| | 5. Who did Ben marry in 1730? | Debrah Read
| 6.
| | 7. What age did he set up his own print shop? | 22
| 8.
| | 9. When did he die? | 1790
| 10.
| | 11. How many kids did Ben Fanklin have and what were their names? | three and William, Frances, and Sarah
| 12.
| | 13. Did Ben die at the age of 65 if not then when? | 84
| 14.
| | 15. What age did Ben go to New York City and why? | 17 and to get out of the print shop
| 16.
| | 17. How old was Ben when he was rich? | 42
| 18.
| | 19. Why did Ben fly a kite in a thunderstorm? | he wanted to prove there was electricity in lightning |
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_kids_were_in_Ben's_family?
Question 1 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
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Question 2 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_was_he_born?
Question 3 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
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Question 4 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_did_Ben_marry_in_1730?
Question 5 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 6 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_age_did_he_set_up_his_own_print_shop?
Question 7 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 8 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_did_he_die?
Question 9 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 10 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_kids_did_Ben_Fanklin_have_and_what_were_their_names?
Question 11 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
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Question 12 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Did_Ben_die_at_the_age_of_65_if_not_then_when?
Question 13 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 14 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_age_did_Ben_go_to_New_York_City_and_why?
Question 15 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 16 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_old_was_Ben_when_he_was_rich?
Question 17 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 18 (of 19)
Who was Ben Franklin?: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_did_Ben_fly_a_kite_in_a_thunderstorm?
Question 19 (of 19)