QR Challenge: Questions from the Goldfields

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. What was the largest nugget ever found in Australia?	The ‘Welcome Stranger Nugget.’
2. How long was the battle of Eureka Stockade go for?	It lasted for 20 minutes.
3. What were the names of the two main cities of the ‘Golden Triangle’?	Bendigo and Ballarat.
4. Who was the man who got framed for killing James Scoti Scobi?	James Bentley.
5. What part of the body did Peter Lalor lose during the Eureka Stockade?	He lost his arm.
6. What symbol did the Eureka Flag have on it?	It had the symbol of the Southern Cross.
7. Who convinced the miners to rebel against the red coats and police?	Peter Lalor and John Humphrey.
8. Why did James Bentley get framed ‘Not Guilty’?	He was a close friend of the judge.
9. Who found the first registered nugget at Ballarat?	Edward Hargraves

 

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