QR Challenge: GreenThanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

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. Fact Card #1 On what ship did the Pilgrims sail to America?	In 1620, a small ship called the Mayflower left Englad carrying 102 Pilgrims and headed for America.
2. Fact Card #2When and where did the first Thanksgiving take place?	The first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth Colony, present day Massachusetts in 1621.
3. Fact Card #3 How long did the first Thanksgiving last?	The first Thanksgiving lasted for 3 days.
4. Fact Card #4 When did Thanksgiving become a holiday?	Congress made Thanksgiving an official national holiday in 1941.
5. Fact Card #5What is the name and gender of the turkeys that gobble?	Only male turkeys gobble. Female turkeys, or hens, cackle.
6. Fact Card #5 When is Thanksgiving celebrated in the the United States?	Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.
7. Fact Card #7What is the largest Thanksgiving Day parade in the United States?	in 1924, Macy's Department Store first presented the parade in New York City. It is the largest and most famous.
8. Fact Card #9 What tribe did the Pilgrims share the first Thanksgiving meal?	On the first Thanksgiving the Wampanoag Indians dined with the Pilgrims.
9. Fact Card #11 List three foods eaten at the first Thanksgiving.	fowl, deer, shellfish, pumpkin, squash, carrots, and chestnuts

 

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