QR Challenge: FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt
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. Why is this called pines trail? | Pine trees are planted on the trail
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2. What habitat does the bridge/observation deck overlook on Dog Wood trail? | Marsh
| 3. Based on the answer to question 3, what class of animals benefits from that habitat? | Birds
| 4. What is the Illinois state flower? (Hint: you can find an interpretive sign on pine trail) | Blue Violet
| 5. What amphibian lives in the habitat behind you? | Salamander or frog
| 6. What habitat are you standing in?A. Prairie B. wet forest C. Lake | wet forest
| 7. What management tool does the FPDCC use to manage prairies?(Hint: this tool was also used by native Americans) | Fire
| 8. What living active insect is on display in the exhibit room? | Honey Bee
| 9. How many different species of snakes are on display in the exhibit room? | 5
| 10. Name the dwindling turtle species that the Great Lakes region is a stronghold for it's continued survival? | Blandings turtle
| 11. Name a mode of pioneer transportation on display. | Covered Wagon
| 12. What is the name of the main pioneer cabin? | Fenwick cabin
| 13. What tool is on display that settlers have used to convert Illinois prairie to crop land? | Steel mould board plow
| 14. What is the name of the blacksmith shop cabin? | Freeman's forage
| 15. Which of the two largest cabins is not a livable cabin? | Stump Place
| 16. What significant wetland habitat is found along redwing trail? | Pond (lake)
| 17. Which large mammal is considered the lumberjack of the Great Lakes? | Beaver
| 18. What year was Fishin’ Buddies! Founded? | 1991 |
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_is_this_called_pines_trail?
Question 1 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_habitat_does_the_bridge/observation_deck_overlook_on_Dog_Wood_trail?
Question 2 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Based_on_the_answer_to_question_3,_what_class_of_animals_benefits_from_that_habitat?
Question 3 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_Illinois_state_flower?_(Hint:_you_can_find_an_interpretive_sign_on_pine_trail)
Question 4 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_amphibian_lives_in_the_habitat_behind_you?
Question 5 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_habitat_are_you_standing_in?A._Prairie_B._wet_forest_C._Lake
Question 6 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_management_tool_does_the_FPDCC_use_to_manage_prairies?(Hint:_this_tool_was_also_used_by_native_Americans)
Question 7 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_living_active_insect_is_on_display_in_the_exhibit_room?
Question 8 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_different_species_of_snakes_are_on_display_in_the_exhibit_room?
Question 9 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_the_dwindling_turtle_species_that_the_Great_Lakes_region_is_a_stronghold_for_it's_continued_survival?
Question 10 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Name_a_mode_of_pioneer_transportation_on_display.
Question 11 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_name_of_the_main_pioneer_cabin?
Question 12 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_tool_is_on_display_that_settlers_have_used_to_convert_Illinois_prairie_to_crop_land?
Question 13 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_name_of_the_blacksmith_shop_cabin?
Question 14 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_of_the_two_largest_cabins_is_not_a_livable_cabin?
Question 15 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_significant_wetland_habitat_is_found_along_redwing_trail?
Question 16 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_large_mammal_is_considered_the_lumberjack_of_the_Great_Lakes?
Question 17 (of 18)
FB Hikeathon Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_year_was_Fishin’_Buddies!_Founded?
Question 18 (of 18)
