QR Challenge: Are You Smarter Than a Third Grader

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. Which continent is found in all four hemispheres?—CLUE to next question location-2:Oh,I tripped and stumped my toe….I need a Band-Aid quick…Where should I go?1	Africa1
2. What was the season when Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas?--CLUE to next question location-3:The teachers get to have lunch too--Where is the spot that they eat and chat?2	Autumn2
3. Where would you go to mine salt if you lived in ancient Mali?--CLUE to next question location-4:Where would Mrs. Jacobson’s class to find a drink of water 3	Sahara3
4. Your ship got damaged in a battle on the Mediterranean Sea---What country could repair your ship?--CLUE to next question location 5:Mt. Vernon wins lots of awards…Where do we store them to show off to all?4	Greece4
5. You have a choice between buying a skateboard or a new bike for your birthday---If you choose the bike---what is your opportunity cost?---CLUE to next question location-6:Playgrounds are fun you see, but I’m feeling like basketball today--Find your next question here.5	The Difference in Price5
6. Name a solid that has 6 faces,12 edges and 8 vertices and this solid’s faces are all equal--Which solid is it?---CLUE to next question location-7:Where is the Portal to your Classroom and the Art Room?6	Cube6
7. There are 20 marbles in a bag:12 marbles are blue,3 marbles are green and 5 marbles are yellow--Which color is least likely to be pulled?---CLUE to next question location-8:This location has lots of great books to read.7	Green7
8. Mrs. Stetina made 48 cookies for her class---Each student receives 2 cookies-- How many students are in her class?--CLUE to next question location-9:Glub, Glub, go to where the fish play all day--Your next question just is window away.8	24 8
9. Jenna is reading a book that has 3,250 pages--She read 1,005 pages last week and 879 pages this week--How many pages does she have left to read?--CLUE to next question location-10:I’m finished with lunch and always wait right here for my teacher to come back and get me.9	1366 9
10. How many syllables are in each of these words(write the word and the number of syllables next to the word :summer, strength, third, Washington, horseshoe, adaptation.---CLUE to next question location-11:I feel like singing a song now--Where should I go?10	summer 2, strength 1, third 1, Washington 3, Horseshoe 2, adaptation 4,10
11. Write three words that rhyme with school-(They must be spelled correctly to count.)----CLUE to next question location--12:Slip Sliding away! Wheee!!--that was fun---11	pool, fool, cool, rule, tool-11
12. Write the following words in ABC order:summer, swimming, sweating, sandwiches, suntan, sunburn, teachers—--CLUE to next question location--13:Lots of tools to keep Mustang Meadows neat---They have to be stored away here to keep them safe.12	sandwiches, summer, sunburn, suntan, sweating, swimming-12
13. Write the plural form of these words:baby, mystery, wolf, knife, boy, monkey, church, box.---CLUE to next question location--14:Last year when I was in 2nd grade, whenever I got thirsty, I headed here--13	babies, mysteries, wolves, knives, boys, monkeys, churches, boxes-13
14. List 6 homonyms--(Words that sound the same and are spelled the same, but have different meanings—--CLUE to next question location--15:I’m feeling a little sad today--Where can I go to talk it over and feel better fast?14	check answers visually14
15. Draw and label all 4 parts of the water cycle(do your best at spelling!)—--CLUE to next question location--16:Computers, technology and Mrs. V---where do I go?15	check answers visually15
16. Give an example of a physical and chemical change that can happen to paper.-- CLUE to next question location-17:I think I’ll sit a spell on a bench near the cafeteria…16	check for answers16
17. Find and write examples in the school of the 6 simple machines.—Clue to next question location--18:Paint, crayons, paper, and clay--tools to make me artistic today---17	check student answers17
18. Name the 4 seasons and Write an example of an activity you might do during each season---Clue to next question location--19:My name is Wright AND Reading is my Game…find my door--18	Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring, check examples visually18
19. Using examples from the playground, draw and label a food chain--begin with the sun and Include at least 3 living things.---Clue to next location--1:This place is “home base" for you—--Your teacher’s name is the real clue.19	check answers visually19

 

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