QR Challenge: Amazonian Rainforest

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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. Half of the Amazonian Rainforest is located in Brazil. Can you name two of the other eight South American countries where it is also located?	Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Bolivia, Suriname and French Guiana.
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3. Can you name the huge and deadly snake that lives in the Rainforest?2	Anaconda. These snakes can grow to be 10 metres long. There was a horror film called 'Anaconda' released in 1997.
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5. Can you name the two TYPES of rainforest?3	Temperate and Tropical - the rainforest closest to the Equator are called 'tropical' rainforests - such as the Amazonian Rainforest.
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7. How long is the Amazon River (kms)?4	6400 km
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9. What important gas do trees release into the atmosphere?5	Trees release oxygen, but also - very importantly - they absorb carbon dioxide which is produced by humans when we breathe out. Trees help to maintain the balance of gases in the atmosphere.
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11. What name is given to the short indigenous people of the rainforest?6	Pygmies or Mbuti, who are rarely taller than 5foot (158 cm).
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13. Can a rainforest experience a drought?7	Yes - the Amazonian rainforest had droughts in 2005 and 2010, where rivers dried up and millions of acres of land burned. This released a huge amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which has increased the problem of climate change.
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15. Estimate what percentage of the Amazonian rainforest has been destroyed since 1975.8	20% - mainly for cattle ranches, but also for logging and agriculture. Forest fires are also responsible.

Amazonian Rainforest: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Half_of_the_Amazonian_Rainforest_is_located_in_Brazil._Can_you_name_two_of_the_other_eight_South_American_countries_where_it_is_also_located?

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