QR Challenge: Chess

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. Solve for x and find how many pieces are on a chessboard To start your quest, take a left then a left right then a left again.10x -798 = -158	X = 64 outside Mrs. pauls room
2. Answer the riddle to find out where chess originated. It starts with you and then 12 + 2. Next comes die - each of you and then chess is number one. We have a location riddle come on over E you may hear a laser don't be confused	India electronics room
3. The movements in chess are very complex and require a bit of skill to learn. The king can take one move any direction and the queen can move like any piece except for the Knight. the knight can move 3 space and then one space like an L but the knight can not move diagonally the rook can move any distance but not diagonally. the chapel can only move diagonally. Pawns can mow one straight and can only attack diagonally. Solve the puzzle. Your next location is just as complex It is in this code legends stories biographies fictional facts and fake truth.	Real life answer library
4. What is the most important piece in chess ? Spiders lay this material you may not want to touch it because it is sticky	the king next to Mrs. Sumrall’s door
5. Who is the highest rated chess player in the world? At the bottom of the school lies an ancient mystery the library is at the top	Carlsen bottom hallway
6. If you only have the king, how many moves does it take for you to get automaticly checkmated? Solve the equation. 250/10 x 2= ?? Find The Example book	50 Lord of the rings
7. What piece in chess can move the most ways? Outside the rules room	the queen Outside the office
8. How long was the longest chess game ever? When even time unravels this will remain unchanged the knowledge will be unlearnable but the history remains	20 hours 15 minutes The history section of the library
9. What was the year when the longest chess game ever was played? Where the speakers speak on the stage you seek	1989 Auditorium
10. Back to the beginning the end is near	Mrs. Porter’s room
11. Chess is an amazing game you now know how to play lets play a game.	Did you win?

 

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