QR Challenge: Hill of Fire Vs. Pompeii

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. What country was the Volcano in Hill of Fire located in?	Mexico
2. How much of the city in Hill of Fire was destroyed?	About 1/2
3. Which volcano had only ash, pumice, and gases come out?	Vesuvius
4. How many people survived in the Hill of Fire volcano?	Everyone
5. What is the name of the volcano in Hill of Fire?	Paricutin
6. Did the people in both Mexico and Italy know they were living near a volcano?	No
7. True or False-Vesuvius was the first volcano born in front of people.	False
8. Which volcano did people immediately go back to after the eruption, Paricutin or Vesuvius?	Paricutin
9. True or False-Mt. Vesuvius erupted in the early morning hours of 79 AD?	True
10. What country is Mt. Vesuvius located in?	Italy

 

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