QR Challenge: QR Code Hunt All About Canada

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 English-speaking country is your English teacher from?	Canada
2. What are Canada’s two official languages?	English and French
3. What is the capital city of Canada?	Ottawa
4. How many inhabitants does Canada have?	37 million
5. True or false? Canada’s official head of state is Queen Elizabeth I.	True!
6. What is Canada’s most popular sport?	Ice hockey
7. What is the English term for “Ahornblatt”?	maple leaf
8. Canada, like Germany, is a federal country. If Germany has 16 “Länder," what does Canada have?	10 provinces and 3 territories
9. True or false? In terms of geographic area, Germany fits into Canada 27 times.	True!
10. How many different time zones does Canada have?	Six
11. What are the names of the five Great Lakes in North America?	Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario

 

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