QR Challenge: Rainforest: Deforestation

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. What is the correct word for a large ecosystem?1	Biome1
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3. What is the name of the rainforest in Brazil?2	Amazon2
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5. What is the name for the type of farm that cows are kept on in the rainforest?3	Ranch3
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7. What is the key term for the building of a town in the rainforest?4	Urban development4
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9. How many levels are there in a rainforest?5	Four5
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11. What is the top level called?6	Emergent6
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13. What is the bottom layer of a rainforest called?7	Forest floor7
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15. What is the correct term for any of the animal life in an ecosystem?8	Fauna8
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17. What is the term for large-scale cutting and burning of forests to create fields?9	Slash and burn9
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19. What does HEP stand for?10	Hydro-electric power10

 

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