QR Challenge: Instruments of the Orchestra
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 Strings does a violin have? | 4
|
2. What is the lowest saxophone called? | bari
| 3. What is the highest pitch woodwind instrument? | picolo
| 4. Name all 4 instrument Families? | woodwinds,brass,strings,percussion
| 5. This is the largest string instrument | doublebass
| 6. only brass instrument with out valves? | trombone
| 7. This instrument needs to have your hand inserted in it | French horn
| 8. Name a single reed woodwind | clarinet
| 9. Name a double reed woodwind | oboe or basson
| 10. Person who leads a band | conductor
| 11. stick used by the band leader | baton
| 12. Highest pitch brass instrument | trumpet
| 13. Name of a pitched percussion instrument | xylophone
| 14. A smaller tuba | euphonium
| 15. the string instrument that is not a the largest but needs to be played seated | cello
| 16. the instrument played by Sqidworth on SpongeBob | clarinet |
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_Many_Strings_does_a_violin_have?
Question 1 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_lowest_saxophone_called?
Question 2 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_highest_pitch_woodwind_instrument?
Question 3 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_all_4_instrument_Families?
Question 4 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_is_the_largest_string_instrument
Question 5 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=only_brass_instrument_with_out_valves?
Question 6 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_instrument_needs_to_have_your_hand_inserted_in_it
Question 7 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_a_single_reed_woodwind
Question 8 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_a_double_reed_woodwind
Question 9 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Person_who_leads_a_band
Question 10 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=stick_used_by_the_band_leader
Question 11 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Highest_pitch_brass_instrument
Question 12 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_of_a_pitched_percussion_instrument
Question 13 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_smaller_tuba
Question 14 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=the_string_instrument_that_is_not_a_the_largest_but_needs_to_be_played_seated
Question 15 (of 16)
Instruments of the Orchestra: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=the_instrument_played_by_Sqidworth_on_SpongeBob
Question 16 (of 16)