QR Challenge: Knowledge about Switzerland

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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.

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!

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.

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. What is the capital of Switzerland?	Bern
2. How many countries does Switzerland border?	five - Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Liechtenstein
3. What is the dialling code for Switzerland?	41
4. What does CH stand for?	Confoederatio Helvetica
5. What's the population of Switzerland?	7.9million
6. Where is the highest train station in Europe?	Jungfraujochbahn
7. What's the highest mountain in Switzerland?	Dufourspitze
8. When did Switzerland join the UN?	2002
9. How many cantons are there?	26
10. What does 'fondue' mean?	melted
11. What is unusual about the Swiss flag?	it's square
12. When is Swiss National Day?	1.August
13. Why are Swiss Army knives red?	so you can find them in the snow
14. Where is the HQ of the IOC?	Lausanne
15. Between which two lakes does Interlaken lie?	Brienz and Thun