QR Challenge: The Phantom Tollbooth Scavenger 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. How did Milo get to the Doldrums and how does he get out? Who does Milo meet and what did he teach Milo? After answering, you must go to the Foothills of Confusion	He wasn't thinking because everything bored him. He started thinking. He meets Tock who tells him how time is important.
2. Why do you think Dictionopolis is located in the Foothills of Confusion?Then, go to where the Word Orchard and Word Market is.2	Because the words and how they are used are confusing since Rhyme and Reason were banished. They should go to Dictionopolis.2
3. In Dictionopolis, what does Milo learn about words? Give and example. Then, proceed to the place where the metropolis disappeared.3	That he must choose his words carefully because if you had to eat them, they may not be good. For example, his words at the banquet were not good. Proceed to Forest of Sight.3
4. Here at the Forest of Sight, why did the metropolis disappear? Who does Milo meet and what did Milo learn from this character? Then proceed to the Valley of Sound.4	The Metropolis disappeared because people were too busy or hurried to see and enjoy it. He met Alex Bings who taught him about different points of view.4
5. At the Valley of Sound, what was different about the orchestra there from the orchestra that you know? Why was sound taken away and who took it away? Proceed to the place where they meet someone who doesn't know his own identity.5	The orchestra made colors instead of sound. The Soundkeeper took away the sound because people weren't using them properly...they would make unpleasant noises. Go to Island of Conclusions.5
6. Now that you are at the Island of Conclusion, who did Tock, Milo, and Humbug meet? What was the important lesson they learned from this place? Proceed to the Place where numbers matter.6	They met Canby. They learned that jumping into conclusions is easy but getting out from that is hard. Next Stop is Digitopolis.6
7. In Digitopolis, who did Milo, Tock, and Humbug meet and what does his name mean? Do you agree that numbers are more important than words? Why and why not. Proceed to the place where there is a nice looking man with no face.7	Dodecahedron , 12 faces.7
8. Here at the mountain of ignorance, what is the name of the first demon they meet? What does Milo do to get out of the senseless task the three of them were asked to do? Why do you think this was called the Mountain of Ignorance? Proceed to the place where Rhyme and Reason are.8	Terrible Trivium. Milo did math and calculated how long it would take them to finish a task.8
9. In the Castle in the Air, how did Milo, Tock, and Humbug save Rhyme and Reason? What was the biggest lesson you learned from this Story? Congratulations!!! You have completed this Scavenger Hunt!9	They had to get into their fantasy and not mind anything else.9

 

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