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QR Challenge: American Symbols Scavenger Hunt

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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

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. The design of our flag was first chosen on June 14, 1777. Each year we celebrate the flag’s birthday. This is called Flag Day. What day do we celebrate Flag Day?
2. Some nicknames for the U.S. flag are the Stars and Stripes, the Star-Spangled Banner, Old Glory, and the Red, White, and Blue. Name 2 nicknames for our flag.
3. The first flag only had 13 stars and stripes. The flag meant the U.S. was free from British rule. As the country grew, a star was added for each new state. There are now 50 stars on the flag. What happened to the flag every time we got a new state?
4. The Liberty Bell is a big bell. It is over two feet tall and it weighs 2,080 pounds. The Liberty Bell weighs as much as a killer whale. How much does the Liberty Bell weigh.
5. The Liberty Bell was made in 1752. People used to ring it to celebrate important days. Now it does not ring because it has a crack. When was the Liberty Bell rung?
6. Lady Liberty or the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to celebrate America’s 100th birthday. It honors the friendship the two countries have. How old was America when we got the Statue of Liberty?
7. The Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor. She is 151 feet tall! That is as tall as a skyscraper. How tall is the Statue of Liberty?
8. Our president lives at the White House. Every president but George Washington has lived there. George Washington helped build the White House but never got to live there. Who was the only president to not live in the White House?
9. Washington D.C. is the capital of our country. It sits in two different states Maryland and Virginia. Washington D.C. is where the White house is. The White House is located where?
10. George Washington was our first President. Our current President is Joe Biden. Presidents can be president for 4 or 8 years. There have been 46 presidents. How many presidents have there been?
11. A seal is a symbol that stands for a group of people. The bald eagle our national bird is on our seal. It holds arrows and an olive branch. There are also 13 stripes. arrows and olive branch and 13

 


American Symbols Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_design_of_our_flag_was_first_chosen_on_June_14,_1777._Each_year_we_celebrate_the_flag’s_birthday._This_is_called_Flag_Day.

Question 1 (of 11)

 


American Symbols Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Some_nicknames_for_the_U.S._flag_are_the_Stars_and_Stripes,_the_Star-Spangled_Banner,_Old_Glory,_and_the_Red,_White,_and_Blue.

Question 2 (of 11)

 


American Symbols Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_first_flag_only_had_13_stars_and_stripes._The_flag_meant_the_U.S._was_free_from_British_rule._As_the_country_grew,_a_star_was_added_for_each_new_state._There_are_now_50_stars_on_the_flag.

Question 3 (of 11)

 


American Symbols Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Liberty_Bell_is_a_big_bell._It_is_over_two_feet_tall_and_it_weighs_2,080_pounds._The_Liberty_Bell_weighs_as_much_as_a_killer_whale.

Question 4 (of 11)

 


American Symbols Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Liberty_Bell_was_made_in_1752._People_used_to_ring_it_to_celebrate_important_days._Now_it_does_not_ring_because_it_has_a_crack.

Question 5 (of 11)

 


American Symbols Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Lady_Liberty_or_the_Statue_of_Liberty_was_a_gift_from_France_to_celebrate_America’s_100th_birthday._It_honors_the_friendship_the_two_countries_have.

Question 6 (of 11)

 


American Symbols Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Statue_of_Liberty_stands_in_New_York_Harbor._She_is_151_feet_tall!_That_is_as_tall_as_a_skyscraper.

Question 7 (of 11)

 


American Symbols Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Our_president_lives_at_the_White_House._Every_president_but_George_Washington_has_lived_there._George_Washington_helped_build_the_White_House_but_never_got_to_live_there.

Question 8 (of 11)

 


American Symbols Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Washington_D.C._is_the_capital_of_our_country._It_sits_in_two_different_states_Maryland_and_Virginia._Washington_D.C._is_where_the_White_house_is.

Question 9 (of 11)

 


American Symbols Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=George_Washington_was_our_first_President._Our_current_President_is_Joe_Biden._Presidents_can_be_president_for_4_or_8_years._There_have_been_46_presidents.

Question 10 (of 11)

 


American Symbols Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_seal_is_a_symbol_that_stands_for_a_group_of_people._The_bald_eagle_our_national_bird_is_on_our_seal._It_holds_arrows_and_an_olive_branch._There_are_also_13_stripes.

Question 11 (of 11)