QR Challenge: Geography Pre-Quiz

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.List the continents of the world	Africa, Asia, Antarctica, South America, North America, Europe, Australia
2. 2.List the oceans of the world	Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian
3. 3.List the countries that make up North America	Canada, United States, Mexico
4. 4.List the 3 countries that make up South America	Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile
5. 5.Where is the Nile River located	Northeastern Africa (Egypt)
6. 6.What are 3 major mountain ranges in the United States of America	Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Adirondack Mountains
7. 7.What are the names of 2 of the Great Lakes	Heron, Erie, Michigan, Superior, Ontario
8. 8.What is the capital of England	London
9. 9.In which country is the currency “yen” used? (In the USA, we use the currency “dollars”.)	Japan
10. 10.Name 3 island countries anywhere in the world	Australia, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, New Zealand, Cuba, Jamaica, U.K., Madagascar, Philippines
11. 11.Name 3 countries in Africa	Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Cameroon, Angola, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethopia, Tanzania, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Uganda, Sierra Leone
12. 12.Name 3 countries in Europe	Romania, Ukraine, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, England, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, Denmark, Poland, Latvia
13. 13.Name 3 Countries in Asia	Mongolia, China, Taiwan, India Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia, Pakistan, Jordan, Syria, Yemen
14. 14.Name 2 countries where Arabic is spoken as a main language	Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Iraq
15. 15.Name 4 countries where English is spoken as a main language	Australia, Canada, South Africa, United States, Scotland, Ireland, England/Great Britian
16. 16.What is the name of the country that used to be called the Soviet Union	Russia
17. 17.Where is the Himalayas mountain range located	Border of Nepal and China (eastern Asia)
18. 18.Which major desert is found in Africa, and is increasing in size each year	Sahara
19. 19.Name 2 countries with Communist governments today	China, Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea
20. 20.Which three colors appear on Germany’s flag	Black, Red, Yellow

 

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