QR Challenge: Famous Woman

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. First woman to fly a plane around the world	Amelia Earhart
2. Author who produced the first literature for the mass market2	Louisa May Alcott
3. Who was the first woman in congress3	Jeannette Rankin
4. Who was the first American woman awarded a medical degree by a college4	Elizabeth Blackwell
5. Who was the Queen of Egypt and the last pharaoh5	Cleopatra
6. Who was the Queen of England when England became a major European power in politics, commerce, and the arts6	Elizabeth I
7. Who was considered one of the greatest jazz singers of all time7	Ella Fitzgerald
8. Who had a childhood disease left her deaf, mute, and blind. She became an expert author and lecturer, educating nationally on behalf of others with similar disabilities7	Helen Keller
9. Who was the first American woman in space was also the youngest American astronaut ever to orbit Earth8	Dr. Sally Ride
10. Who is an actress and the host of a highly successful talk show9	Oprah Winfrey
11. Who is Facebook's COO who was named the most powerful woman in technology on the Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women list, placing at No. 7 on the list overall10	Sheryl Sandberg

 

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