QR Challenge: AP Stylebook Scavenger 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. According to AP style, would you write menswear or men’s wear in an article?	menswear
2. What is the postal code for South Dakota?	SD
3. Which months DO NOT need to be abbreviated when used with a specific date?	March, April, May, June, July
4. What are the three R’s?	reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic
5. How do you abbreviate the word street when using a numbered address?	St.
6. How do you convert acres to hectares?	multiply by 0.4
7. Where are the headquarters for Union Pacific Corp. located?	Omaha, Nebraska
8. Which eight state names are never abbreviated in datelines or text?	Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas, and Utah
9. What is a turboprop?	An aircraft with a jet engine geared to a propeller.
10. What does GIF stand for?	Graphics Interchange Format
11. C.o.d. is the abbreviation of which two phrases (and no, it’s not Call of Duty)?	cash on delivery and collect on delivery
12. A short ton equals how many pounds?	2000

 

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