QR Challenge: My Side of the Mountain Ch. 4-6

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. When Sam can't catch fish, what does he eat? How does he get them?	Fresh water mussels (steamed them & wrapped in leaves)
2. 2. As Sam explores the Gribley Farm, what does he note with "x's" on his sketch and WHY?	x's were where the hickories were to use for salt and nuts. also marked where apple trees were.
3. 3. Sam is beginning to understand that planning is very important. Find details in the story to explain this.	marking the x's to use for food.
4. 4. How does following the crow pay off for Sam?	He found its eggs to eat.
5. 5. How does Sam apply his knowledge about Indians making canoes with fire to help him solve his tree problem?	He burnt out the tree like the Indians did to use the inside for shelter. He put out the flames with dirt bc he didnt have a bucket to carry water.

 

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