QR Challenge: Wolsingham Word Problems

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. 1.39 men and 26 females worked as a professional (e.g. teacher or doctor) in 1881. How many more men than females was this?	13
2. 2.24 men worked in shops and 19 in government jobs. How many men worked in these jobs in total?	43
3. 3.If 58 men worked with transport, and 51 men worked with machines. How many more worked in a job with transport?	7
4. 4a.74 males and 60 females lived in Uppertown. How many lived there altogether?	134
5. 4b.51 were aged under 20. How many were over the age of 20?	83

 

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