QR Challenge: Corps of Discovery Introduction

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 was the purpose of the Corps of Discovery Expedition	(1)Find a water way to the Pacific Ocean, (2)journal notes about the land, plants, animals, people and (3) make friendships with the native tribes.
2. How much money was given to fund the expedition?	2,500
3. What kinds of supplies were taken?	Mathematical Instruments, Camp Supplies, Presents for Indians, Clothing, Arms and Ammunition, Medicine and Medical Supplies
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5. Where did the expedition begin?	St. Louis (May 1804)
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7. Who was the captain of the expedition	Meriwether Lewis
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9. Who was the second lieutenant of the expedition?	William Clark
10. What important members coined the crew at For Mandan?	Here, they hired as an interpreter Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian fur trapper, his Shoshone wife, Sacagawea, and their baby son, Jean Baptiste.
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12. Who was the Native American woman that served as a guide for the expedition	Sacagawea
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14. How many total people were originally apart of the Corps of Discovery?	45
15. What river did the expedition start travel on?	Missouri
16. Did the expedition find a northwest passage to the Pacific (a waterway to travel the entire way)?	No, once the expedition reached the Rocky Mountains they were forced to travel by horse back.
17. When did the expedition reach the Pacific?	November, 7, 1805
18. When did the expedition return?	September 23, 1806

 

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