QR Challenge: Animals around the World

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Where do giant pandas live?1	China
2. What do giant pandas mostly eat?2	They eat 30 pounds (14 kilograms) of shoots, stems, and leaves every day.
3. How many endangered species have become extinct since 1973 in the United States?3	9 species.
4. What has killed many amphibians in the last few decades?4	A fungus.
5. What is Oregon’s State mammal?5	The beaver.
6. Why are tigers hunted in the wild?6	For body parts for Chinese medicine and for their skins.
7. In what country would you find a koala bear?7	Australia.
8. What do you think an omnivore eats? What animal is an omnivore?8	Plant and animal food. Example: black bears.
9. How quickly can a cheetah reach 96 kilometers (60 miles) an hour from standing still?8	It can go from 0 to 96km/hr in 3 seconds.
10. How long does a wolf live in the wild?9	An average of 6-8 years.
11. What color is America’s national bird? What is it called?10	Black and white. Bald Eagle.

 

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