QR Challenge: Canadian National Parks

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. Aulavik National Park - The name of this Arctic National Park means "place where people travel"	Aulavik Natinal Park
2. Auyuittuq National Park - This park on southern Baffin Island includes the highest peaks of the Canadian Shield and the Penny Ice Cap	Auvuittug National Park
3. Banff National Park - This was Canada's first national park and the third national park established in the world	Banff National Park
4. Cape Breton Highlands National Park - This park is home to a portion of the world-famous scenic drive, the Cabot Trail	Cape Breton Highlands National Park
5. Elk Island National Park - A Highway separates free roaming herds of Wood Bison and Plains Bison in this national park	Elk Island National Park
6. Forillon National Park - Forillon protects a representative sample of the Notre-Dame and Mégantic mountain regions on the farthest reaches of the Gaspe Peninsula	Forillon National Park
7. Fundy National Park - The highest tides in the world occur along this national park	Fundy National Park
8. Georgian Bay Islands National Park - This park is home to the world's largest freshwater archipelago with over 30,000 islands	Georgian Bay Islands National Park
9. Glacier National Park - Glacier National Park is home to Roger's Pass, an important transportation route across the Canadian Rocky Mountains	Glacier National Park
10. Grasslands National Park - the only place in Canada where you can see the Black-tailed Prairie Dog and the Black-footed Ferrets in their native habitat	Grasslands National Park
11. Gros Morne National Park - this park was designated as a World Heritage Site because of its ancient geology that helps us to understand plate tectonics. Its name means "Big Moody" or "Great Sombre", which refers to one of the isolated mountains in the park - part of a 1.2 billion year old mountain chain.	Gros Morne National Park
12. Gulf Islands National Park Reserve - In this park you can participate in a survey of Black Oyster Catchers, a bird that indicates environmental quality	Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
13. Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve - On a visit to this national park you might see humpback whales and ancient totem poles	Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve
14. Ivvavik National Park - The Porcupine Caribou herd makes their home in this northern national park	Ivvavik National Park
15. Jasper National Park - Home to the largest Dark Sky Preserve on the planet	Jasper National Park
16. Kejimkujik National Park - In this park you can explore petroglyphs from the Mk'kmaq people indigenous to the area	Kejimkujik National Park
17. Kluane National Park - Home to Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, 5959 m	Kluane National Park
18. Kootenay National Park - On a trip to this park you can see glaciers and cactus	Kootenay National Park
19. Kouchibouguac National Park - Home to the second largest tern colony in North America, salt marshes, sand dunes and an estuary.	Kouchibougac National Park
20. La Maurice National Park - This park represents the southern portion of the Canadian Shield	La Maurice National Park
21. Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve - A land of beautifully carved limestone bedrock on the North Shore of the Gulf of St Lawrence	Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve
22. Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve - Canada's newest national park established in August 2012	Naats'ihch'oh National Park Reserve
23. Nahanni National Park - Home to four massive canyons, including Virginia Falls - twice the height of Niagara Falls	Nahanni National Park
24. Pacific Rim National Park Reserve - Home to Canada's famous West Coast Trail	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
25. Point Pelee National Park - This park marks the furthest southern tip of Canada	Point Pelee National Park
26. Prince Albert National Park - Home to the only fully protected White Pelican nesting colony in Canada	Prince Albert National Park
27. Prince Edward Island National Park - Red sand dunes and endangered Piping Plovers are famous features of this park	Prince Edward Island National Park
28. Pukaskwa National Park - Protects the wild north shores of Lake Superior	Pukaskwa National Park
29. Quttinirpaaq National Park - Glaciers cover 1/3 of this park with ice caps over 125,000 years old	Quittinirpaag National Park
30. Riding Mountain National Park - This boreal forest park is home to a healthy population of wolves	Riding Mountain National Park
31. Sable Island National Park Reserve - Home to sand dunes and wild horses and over 330 ship wrecks	Sable Island National Park Reserve
32. Sirmilik National Park - named for an Inuktitut word meaning “the place of the glaciers”	Sirmilik National Park
33. St. Lawrence Islands National Park - This parks sits in the St Lawrence River between Canada and the United States	St. Lawrence Islands National Park
34. Terra Nova National Park - Newfoundland's first national park and home to the endangered Newfoundland Marten	Terra Nova National Park
35. Torngat Mountains National Park - Here you will find the highest mountain peaks east of the Rocky Mountains	Torngat Mountains National Park
36. Tuktut Nogait National Park - This remote park is home to the Bluenose West Caribou herd	Tuktut Nogait National Park
37. Ukkusiksalik National Park - This park is named after the soapstone found within its boundaries	Ukkusiksalik National Park
38. Vuntut National Park - In this park you could canoe along the Old Crow River	Vuntut National Park
39. Wapusk National Park - Protects one of the world's largest know polar bear maternity denning areas	Wapusk National Park
40. Waterton Lakes National Park - This park is known as the place where the mountains meet the prairies	Waterton Lakes National Park
41. Wood Buffalo National Park - Canada's largest national park	Wood Buffalo National Park
42. Yoho National Park - One of Canada's highest waterfalls can been found here, Takakkaw Falls, 254 m	Yoho National Park
43. Mount Revelstoke National Park - A place where you can smell Skunk Cabbage along the Giant Cedars Hiking Trail	Mount Revelstoke National Park
44. Bruce Peninsula National Park - This park is in a World Biosphere reserve, and has an escarpment that has created spectacular cleffs and caves. Some of the trees here are up to 850 years old.	Bruce Peninsula National Park

 

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