QR Challenge: South Africa QR Code 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 English-speaking country is the focus of the first chapter in your Lighthouse 6 textbook?	South Africa
2. What is South Africa’s most populous city?	Johannesburg (more than 4 million)
3. Is South Africa a republic or a monarchy?	A republic (thing of the people)
4. What sporting event did South Africa host in 2010?	FIFA World Cup of Soccer.
5. True or false? In South Africa, one drives on the left side of the road.	True!
6. How many official languages does South Africa have?	11
7. What system of white-minority rule was abolished in 1991?	apartheid (racial separation)
8. If the internet domain of Germany is .de and of Canada .ca, what is the internet domain of South Africa?	(.za) [NL Zuid-Afrika]
9. Is same-sex marriage legal in South Africa?	Yes! (since 2006)
10. What two oceans meet at the southern tip of South Africa?	Atlantic and Indian Oceans
11. Who became the country's first black president in 1994?	Nelson Mandela

 

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