QR Challenge: Plate Tectonic QR Code Quiz

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. Question #1: Between what two plates do the Himalaya Mountains exist, what kind of mountains are these, and what kind of boundary is present? A) Boundary: continental- oceanic convergent, Plates: North American and Eurasian, Type: folded mountains B) Boundary: continental- continental convergent, Plates: Indian and Eurasian Type: folded mountains If A, find the next code by the aprons, if B, find the next code by the fire blanket	Correct answer= B
2. Question #2: The continental- oceanic boundary between what two plates caused the volcanic mountain range, known as the Cascade mountains to form? A) The Juan de Fuca and North American plates, B) The Antarctic and South American plates. If A, find the next code on the right side of the whiteboard, If B, find the next code on the left side of the whiteboard	Correct answer=A
3. Question #3: What forms underwater as a result of an oceanic- continental convergent boundary? A) a rift valley, B) a deep sea trench. If A, find the next code above the backpack hooks closest to the main door, If B, find the next code by the main door	Correct answer= B
4. Question #4: What is the boundary of the plates that formed Japan, and what four plates are involved? A) Boundary: Divergent, Plates: Eurasian, Indian, North American and Australian B) Boundary: oceanic- oceanic convergent, Plates: Eurasian, North American, Filipino, and Pacific. If A, find the next code in between the two bathrooms in the hall, If B, find the next code at the back door	Correct answer=B
5. Question #5: What volcanic structure can form as a result of a oceanic- oceanic convergent boundary? A) A volcanic hot spot B) A volcanic islands arc. If A, find the next code at the goggle rack, If B, find the next code to the left of the backpack hooks by the back door	Correct answer=B

 

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