QR Challenge: Q R code: Mission Possible for Mrs. Barrios' Secret Agents of Math and Science
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.
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. Joseph wanted to sell roses for a fundraiser. He placed 156 roses into 12 vases. The expression below can be used to determine the total number of roses he placed into each vase. 156 ÷ 12 Use The Distributive Property to write an equivalent expression? MA.5.A.1.1. | (120 ÷ 12) + (36 ÷ 12)
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2. Mrs. Jackson purchased two identical jackets for her twin sons from an online store. The cost for shipping was $1, and the total amount Mrs. Jackson paid was $87. The equation below can be used to find j, the price for one jacket. 2j + 1 = 87 What was the price, in dollars, of one jacket?MA.5.A.4.1 | $43
| 3. The students in Mrs. Zavala's fifth grade class went on a field trip to the zoo. They arrived at the zoo in the morning at 9:35 A.M. and left in the afternoon at 1:20 P.M. How long was Mrs. Zavala's class at the zoo?MA.5.G.5.2 | 3 hours and 45 minutes
| 4. A vendor machine can hold up to 48 bags of snacks. Each bag of snacks weighs 1 ounce. What is the total number of pounds of snacks in 48 bags of this size?MA.5.G.5.2 | 3 pounds
| 5. Yvonne needed to evaluate the expression shown below using the order of operations. 54 ÷ (9 - 3) + 1 X 6 What is the value of the above expression?MA.5.A.6.2 | 15
| 6. The lowest recorded temperatures for four states in the U.S. as of December 2007. Delaware -17, Florida -2, Hawaii 12, Mississippi -19. List the temperatures in order from lowest to highest.MA.5.A.6.4 | -19, -17, -2, 12
| 7. The stem is an important part of many plants. Explain in your own words why a stem is most similar to an anchor holding a boat, a colorful sign attracting people, or an elevator transporting supplies from one floor to another.SC.3.L.14.1 | elevator
| 8. Gabriel is designing an experiment to see whether sugar or artificial sweetner will attract the greater number of ants. Why should Gabriel write down his experimental procedures?SC.5.N.2.2 | To be able to repeat the exact experiment and compare results
| 9. Keisha wants to show Amy what happens during one Earth day. Keisha holds a small globe representing Earth, and Amy holds a large ball representing the Sun. What should Keisha do to show Amy what happens during one Earth day?SC.4.E.5.3 | Keisha should slowly spin the globe one complete time on it's axis.
| 10. Dennis cannot scratch a mineral sample with his fingernail, but he observes that he can scratch the mineral sample with a piece of metal. What physical property of the mineral sample is Dennis investigating?SC.4.E.6.2 | hardness
| 11. Jason stretches a rubber band between his fingers, as shown below. When he plucks the rubber band, it makes a sound. Explain why the rubber band makes a sound when Jason plucks it?SC.4.P.10.3 | It vibrates the air. |
Q R code: Mission Possible for Mrs. Barrios' Secret Agents of Math and Science: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Joseph-wanted-to-sell-roses-for-a-fundraiser.--He-placed-156-roses-into-12-vases.--The-expression-below-can-be-used-to-determine-the-total-number-of-roses-he-placed-into-each-vase.--156-÷-12--Use-The-Distributive-Property-to-write-an-equivalent-expression?-MA.5.A.1.1.
Question 1 (of 11)
Q R code: Mission Possible for Mrs. Barrios' Secret Agents of Math and Science: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mrs.-Jackson-purchased-two-identical-jackets-for-her-twin-sons-from-an-online-store.--The-cost-for-shipping-was-$1,-and-the-total-amount-Mrs.-Jackson-paid-was-$87.--The-equation-below-can-be-used-to-find-j,-the-price-for-one-jacket.-2j-+-1-=-87--What-was-the-price,-in-dollars,-of-one-jacket?MA.5.A.4.1
Question 2 (of 11)
Q R code: Mission Possible for Mrs. Barrios' Secret Agents of Math and Science: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-students-in-Mrs.-Zavala's-fifth-grade-class-went-on-a-field-trip-to-the-zoo.--They-arrived-at-the-zoo-in-the-morning-at-9:35-A.M.-and-left-in-the-afternoon-at-1:20-P.M.--How-long-was-Mrs.-Zavala's-class-at-the-zoo?MA.5.G.5.2
Question 3 (of 11)
Q R code: Mission Possible for Mrs. Barrios' Secret Agents of Math and Science: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-vendor-machine-can-hold-up-to-48-bags-of-snacks.--Each-bag-of-snacks-weighs-1-ounce.--What-is-the-total-number-of-pounds-of-snacks-in-48-bags-of-this-size?MA.5.G.5.2
Question 4 (of 11)
Q R code: Mission Possible for Mrs. Barrios' Secret Agents of Math and Science: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Yvonne-needed-to-evaluate-the-expression-shown-below-using-the-order-of-operations.-54-÷-(9---3)-+-1-X-6--What-is-the-value-of-the-above-expression?MA.5.A.6.2
Question 5 (of 11)
Q R code: Mission Possible for Mrs. Barrios' Secret Agents of Math and Science: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-lowest-recorded-temperatures-for-four-states-in-the-U.S.-as-of-December-2007.-Delaware--17,-Florida--2,-Hawaii-12,-Mississippi--19.--List-the-temperatures-in-order-from-lowest-to-highest.MA.5.A.6.4
Question 6 (of 11)
Q R code: Mission Possible for Mrs. Barrios' Secret Agents of Math and Science: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-stem-is-an-important-part-of-many-plants.--Explain-in-your-own-words-why-a-stem-is-most-similar-to-an-anchor-holding-a-boat,-a-colorful-sign-attracting-people,-or-an-elevator-transporting-supplies-from-one-floor-to-another.SC.3.L.14.1
Question 7 (of 11)
Q R code: Mission Possible for Mrs. Barrios' Secret Agents of Math and Science: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Gabriel-is-designing-an-experiment-to-see-whether-sugar-or-artificial-sweetner-will-attract-the-greater-number-of-ants.--Why-should-Gabriel-write-down-his-experimental-procedures?SC.5.N.2.2
Question 8 (of 11)
Q R code: Mission Possible for Mrs. Barrios' Secret Agents of Math and Science: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Keisha-wants-to-show-Amy-what-happens-during-one-Earth-day.--Keisha-holds-a-small-globe-representing-Earth,-and-Amy-holds-a-large-ball-representing-the-Sun.--What-should-Keisha-do-to-show-Amy-what-happens-during-one-Earth-day?SC.4.E.5.3
Question 9 (of 11)
Q R code: Mission Possible for Mrs. Barrios' Secret Agents of Math and Science: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Dennis-cannot-scratch-a-mineral-sample-with-his-fingernail,-but-he-observes-that-he-can-scratch-the-mineral-sample-with-a-piece-of-metal.--What-physical-property-of-the-mineral-sample-is-Dennis-investigating?SC.4.E.6.2
Question 10 (of 11)
Q R code: Mission Possible for Mrs. Barrios' Secret Agents of Math and Science: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Jason-stretches-a-rubber-band-between-his-fingers,-as-shown-below.--When-he-plucks-the-rubber-band,-it-makes-a-sound.--Explain-why-the-rubber-band-makes-a-sound-when-Jason-plucks-it?SC.4.P.10.3
Question 11 (of 11)
