QR Challenge: Africa Study Guide with Answers

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. Oceans, rivers, and seas have helped African countries to participate in __. a. Global trade	c
2. Why do countries with large rivers still have water issues? a. The water is polluted	c
3. What two things make life along Africa’s water difficult? a.Not enough of the water and Very polluted	c
4. Why do government officials ignore the waste that factories are putting into the water sources? a.Because factories bring money to the people	c
5. What is desertification? a.Desert expanding into land that was once farmland	c
6. What four things does desertification cause?a.Poor farming practices, People cutting down the trees that help hold the soil in place, Animals being allowed to graze too heavily in an area and stripping all of the vegetation from the soil, Draining the surface & underground water for industrial & home use	c
7. What area of Africa is suffering the most from desertification? a.Sahel	c
8. What is deforestation? a.Forest being destroyed due to human development	c
9. What are three effects of deforestation?a.Number of trees shrinks so does the amount of oxygen, Fewer medicines, Leads to the extinction of species	c

 

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