QR Challenge: Iowa History

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. In what Iowa city is the 2nd most crooked street in the world? What is the name of that street?
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3. 2. Iowa is the leading producer of what crop?
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5. 3. What is Iowa’s capital city?
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7. 4. What is Iowa’s state bird?
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9. 5. What popular movie was filmed in Dyersville, Iowa?
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11. 6. What is the name of the only President born in Iowa?
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13. 7. What river makes up Iowa’s eastern border?
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15. 8. What river makes up Iowa’s western border?
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17. 9. What 6 states border Iowa?
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19. 10. What is the state flower of Iowa?
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21. 11. What is Iowa’s nickname?
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23. 12. What motto is written on the Iowa flag?
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25. 13. What Iowa town is known for it’s festival celebrating its Norwegian Heritage?
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27. 14. What county is Iowa’s largest county?
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29. 15. What county is Iowa’s smallest county?
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31. 16. How many counties does Iowa have?
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33. 17. Where does the name Iowa come from?
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35. 18. Who was Doreen Wilbur?
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37. 19. What three cities have been home to the Iowa Capital?

 

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