QR Challenge: Moon Phases and Seasons-Fisher, Hernandez

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.Compare and contrast a lunar and solar eclipse.	lunar-occurs when the earth\'s shadow falls on the moon solar- occurs when the moons shadow falls on the earths.
2. 2.Differentiate a solstice and an equinox.	equinox-when the number of hours of daylight and nighttime are equal. solstice-the point of which the sun reaches is greatest distance north or south of the equator.
3. 3.Write which moon phase comes 20 days after a full moon.	waxing crescent.
4. 4.Interpret the difference between a neap tide and a spring tide.	spring-the moon,sun, and earth are all lined up;the high tides are at its highest and the low tides are at its lowest. neap-when the sun moon and earth form a right triangle lower high tides and higher low tides.
5. 5.Create a paragraph that explains the difference between waning and waxing moon.	UP TO YOU!
6. 6.Examine the sentence: \"4 days after a full moon, you can expect to see a waxing gibbous in the sky. True of False?	False.
7. 7. Argue the difference between a high tide and a low tide.	High Tide- The moon is positioned to make the waters of the oceans rise. Low Tide- The moon is positioned to make the waters of the oceans sink.
8. 8. Choose the moon phase that comes after a new moon.	Waxing Crescent.
9. 9. Use your knowledge of the moon phases to fill in the blank. A _________ crescent moon comes after the 3rd quarter.	Waning Crescent.
10. 10. Appraise how much of the moon is shown during a waxing crescent.	1/4.

 

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