QR Challenge: Dr. Seuss Teacher Trivia Hunt

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. Why did Theodor Seuss Geisel write under a pseudonym?	He was caught at a drinking party during the Prohibition era and in order to continue to write for Dartmouth's paper he had to write under a different name. Go to the men's restroom for # 2.
2. 2. How many children did Dr. Seuss have?	None Go to the Nurse Annie's office for # 3.
3. 3. During World War II, Seuss wrote what for the US War Department?	short propaganda films Go to the library for #4.
4. 4. Seuss was also known for drawing what type of cartoons?	Political, including one that depicted all Japanese-Americans as latent traitors. Go to the mailroom for # 5.
5. 5. What book was written for a $50 dare?	Green Eggs and Ham. A publisher bet him that he couldn't write a book using only 50 words. Go to SRO Alan for # 6.
6. 6. " The morethat you read, the more things you will know. The more that you ________the more places you will go."	learn Go to copy room for #7
7. 7. Seuss had a closet filled with what from children around the world?	hats Go to candy cabin for # 8
8. 8. "And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! ninety-eight and three-quarters percent _________________.	guaranteed Go to literacy room. First there with correct answers wins!
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