QR Challenge: The Rainforest

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. Tropical rain forests grow near which of the following? a)North Pole b)Atlantic Ocean c)Equator d)Arctic Circle	c
2. Rainforests cover what percentage of the Earth's total surface? a)Less than one percent b)2 percent c)10 percent d)45 percent	b
3. The forests have been around for a long time, some are as old as a)The Tower of London b)Roman Soldiers c)Dinosaurs	c
4. Which of the following geographical areas does not have a Rainforest? a)Africa b)Central America c)North America d)Southern Asia	c
5. Rainforests are full of life, how many species might you find in just one square kilometre of forest? a)1000 b)2000 c)3000 d)5000	a
6. How many species become extinct every day in the world’s tropical rainforests? a)1 b)12 c)15 d)35	d
7. Plants from the rainforest have helped us treat: a)leukaemia b)breast cancer c)asthma d)all of these	d
8. How tall do trees grow in the rainforest? a)25 metres b)45 metres c)65 metres d)100 metres	b
9. Traditional rainforest hunters use blow pipes and poison tipped darts. Where do they get the poison from? a)plants b)frogs c)spiders d)snakes	b
10. How many layers are there in a rainforest? a)two b)three c)four d)five	c
11. What portion of the world's plant species are found in tropical rainforests? a)one third b)one half c)two thirds d)All	c
12. Rainforests are often cut down to make room for farms to grow which of the following crops? a)sugar cane b)coffee c)corn d)potatoes	b
13. What are the people called that live in the Rainforest? a)Rainforest people b)Indigenous people c)Tropical rain people d) They don't have a special name	b
14. How many people live in the Rainforest? a)30 million b)20,000 c)140 million d)239,000	c
15. How much of the worlds fresh flowing water is stored in the Rainforest? a)half b)one quarter c)none d)three quarters	a
16. Where is the largest rainforest? a)Africa b)Florida c)Central America d)South America	d
17. Which product doesn't come from plants in the rainforest? a)Rubber b)Cocoa c)Cashew nuts d)Vanilla e)Coffee f)None of these	f
18. About how many different kinds of insects are there in the rainforest? a)1000 b)30,000 c)1 million d)50 million	d
19. What percentage of the Earth's plant and animal species live in rainforests? a)10 percent b)25 percent c)50 percent d)75 percent	c
20. Rainforests play a significant role in maintaining which of the following? a)Weather patterns b)The Earth's limited supply of drinking and fresh water c)More species of plants and animals than any other ecosystem on Earth d)All of the above	d

 

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