QR Challenge: Outdoor Learning Day

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. Make a symmetrical pattern using natural materials	1
2. Measure the circumferance of as many trees as you can in 10 minutes	2
3. Measure the length of the school playground	3
4. Draw clocks on the ground with chalk and challenge your friends to solve time problems	4
5. Weave a pattern on the nursery fence using old carrier bags	5
6. Go on a shape hunt	6
7. How many daisies can you find within one square metre, can you use sticks to make a tally chart to show how many daisies you find	7
8. How many sticks can you find? How can you present your sticks so we can count them quickly?	8
9. Mark out a square using sticks, them make a picture using leaves, stones, twigs or anything else you can find.	9
10. Mark out a square using twigs or masking tape, how many leaves can fit inside it, side by side?	10
11. Find as many sticks or stones as you can and order them according to size!	11
12. Explore the number
13. Draw shadows using chalk	13
14. Design a maths game for younger children using only chalk and any natural materials around you	14
15. Can you measure your friend using stones or sticks?	15

 

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