QR Challenge: International Education Week 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. What languages are offered at W.P Wagner?	Japanese, Spanish, and French
2. Which is the only officially bilingual province in Canada?	New Brunswick
3. Which hand gesture means “good” or “ok” in Western cultures, but is considered rude in many Asian and Islamic countries?	the thumbs up sign
4. How do people greet each other in Japan?	they bow
5. Is making eye contact disrespectful?	In North America no, in many Asian countries, yes.
6. As of 2011, what are the 10 most widely spoken non-official languages in Alberta?	German, Tagalog, Punjabi, Mandarin, Spanish, Cantonese, Arabic, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Urdu.
7. What was the former name of Sri Lanka?	Ceylon
8. What is the most commonly eaten food in the world?	rice
9. Which countries make up the five permanent members of the United Nations?	China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States
10. What country has the smallest population?	Vatican City
11. As of 2016, which country is the largest producer of beef?	India
12. Which countries make up the United Kingdom?	England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
13. In which Egyptian will you find the pyramids?	Giza
14. What are the official languages of Egypt	Arabic, English, French
15. Egypt used to be a colony of which European countries?	France for 34 years, Great Britain for 27 years
16. What was the main religion of Persia?	Zoroastrianism
17. Lebanon used to be a colony of which European country?	France
18. Name 3 cities where Amnesty International has regional offices?	London, Brussels, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Bangkok, Dakar, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Lima, New York, Washington, Beirut, Tunis, and East Jerusalem
19. Which Indian holiday involves throwing coloured powder?	Holi
20. How many languages are spoken throughout the world?	between 6000 - 7000
21. How much of the world speaks English?	approximately 25%
22. How many languages are considered endangered?	2400
23. What is the most populated country in the world?	China (1.4 billion people)
24. What country was the resting place for the last dodo bird?	Mauritius
25. Which island’s inhabitants are ethnically Indian and French speaking?	Mauritius
26. List top 5 of Canadian immigrant population by country of birth excluding Canada.	UK, China, India, Philippine, Italy,
27. What is special about the Hotel Chain, “Hen na Hotel” in Japan? (There are 100 hotels all over Japan)	Employees are robots!
28. Which video game company is Non-Japanese Company? SEGA, TAITO, ATARI, CAPCOM	Atari
29. After 400 year civil war, which Samurai united Japan in 1600?	Hideyoshi Toyotomi
30. What is the highest-grossing Anime movie in the World?	Your name (2016)
31. What is the highest-grossing Anime franchises in the world? You think Pokemon? Find it out!	Doraemon
32. What do you call a female Ninja?	Kunoichi
33. What is a strict code of honor that the samurai lived by?	Bushido
34. Name G7 countries.	UK, US, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan
35. List the 5 largest trade countries of Canada.	US, China, UK, México, Japan

 

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