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QR Challenge: Amazing Race The West 2

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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

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. List the 6 states in the West region.Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada
2. The West region lies ____________ of the Rocky Mountains.west
3. A basin is a low, bowl-shaped area that is almost completely surrounded by higher land. What is the name of the basin that covers much of the West region?The Great Basin
4. What two kinds of natural disasters happen in the West region?earthquakes and volcanoes
5. The West region has extreme climates. Our country's driest place is ________________________. Our country's wettest place is _________________________.Death Valley, Mount Waialeale
6. What is a rainforest?a warm, wet forest where many trees and plants grow closely together.
7. What 3 states have rainforests?Oregon, Washington, Hawaii
8. How many inches of rain fall in Seattle each year?40-60 inches
9. What did people do to make California's Central Valley better for growing crops?They built dams and canals to bring water from the rivers to different parts of the valley. They also add fertilizer to the soil.
10. The process by which trees are cut down and transported out of the forest is called __________________.logging
11. What is deforestation?The loss of whole forests
12. How do modern loggers guard against deforestation?They cut only certain kinds of trees or damaged trees.
13. What ruler united the islands of Hawaii?Chief Kamehameha
14. What year did Hawaii become a state?1898
15. What did the plantation owners do when Queen Liliukalani tried to take their power away?They revolted and asked the US to take over Hawaii.
16. Where was gold first found in the West?Along the American River
17. What was the name of the man who found that gold?James Marshall
18. What is a gold rush?a sudden movement of people to an area where gold has been found
19. Who were the Forty-Niners?People who came to California in 1849 to look for gold
20. What was the mother lode?The gold-rich area near the Sierra Nevada Mountains
21. What town was located at the mot southern point of the mother lode?Mariposa
22. In 1850, Miners found more than _____________ dollars worth of gold.40 million
23. Where was the last great gold rush?Nome, Alaska
24. Why were there many ghost towns after the gold rushes?Miners left when the gold ran out and then everyone else left
25. Give an example of a "primary source."diary, letter, autobiography
26. Give an example of a "secondary source."history textbooks, encyclopedia
27. The gold rush brought people from many places to the West. Name at least 2.Mexico, Peru, Chile, Hawaii
28. What jobs did most Chinese immigrants first have in the West?Build railroads, worked in gold mines
29. What is a migrant worker?moved from place to place to harvest crops as they ripened
30. When did the fewest number of immigrants arrive from Mexico?1900
31. Why did many immigrants face discrimination in the West?People were afraid they would take jobs away from them
32. Los Angeles and Hollywood are at the center of what industry?Movie and Television
33. What is silicon?an element found in Earth's crust and used for electronics
34. What is urban sprawl?the uncontrolled spread of buildings around a city.

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=List_the_6_states_in_the_West_region.

Question 1 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 2 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_basin_is_a_low,_bowl-shaped_area_that_is_almost_completely_surrounded_by_higher_land.__What_is_the_name_of_the_basin_that_covers_much_of_the_West_region?

Question 3 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 4 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_West_region_has_extreme_climates.__Our_country's_driest_place_is_________________________._Our_country's_wettest_place_is__________________________.

Question 5 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 6 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_3_states_have_rainforests?

Question 7 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 8 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_did_people_do_to_make_California's_Central_Valley_better_for_growing_crops?

Question 9 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 10 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 11 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 12 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 13 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 14 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 15 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 16 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 17 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 18 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Who_were_the_Forty-Niners?

Question 19 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 20 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 21 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_1850,_Miners_found_more_than_______________dollars_worth_of_gold.

Question 22 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 23 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 24 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give_an_example_of_a_"primary_source."

Question 25 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Give_an_example_of_a_"secondary_source."

Question 26 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_gold_rush_brought_people_from_many_places_to_the_West.__Name_at_least_2.

Question 27 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 28 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 29 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 30 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 31 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 32 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 33 (of 34)

 


Amazing Race The West 2: QR Challenge

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

Question 34 (of 34)