QR Challenge: Chapter 8--Identifying Similarities and Differences

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 does it mean to compare and contrast things or ideas?	Comparing means that you compare two ideas or things; when contrasting it means to point out similarities of the two.
2. What does it mean to classify ideas or things?	To group things that are alike into categories based on their characteristics.
3. If you do not have the proper software, what is a tool that can be used to help create graphic organizers?	SmartArt
4. Fill in the blanks to this analogy. Hot is to _________ as Night is to ________?	Cold/Day
5. What is a tool that can be used in the classroom to help students further knowledge on content?	Google Docs
6. List some web tools that can help you compare, contrast, classify ideas and content.	Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Google Docs, Kidspiration, and others.

 

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