QR Challenge: Proverbs

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. The first giraffe at the creek tastes the sweetest water	The early bird gets the worm
2. The fool speaks, the wise man listens	Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
3. You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla	You can’t teach an old dog new tricks
4. Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you	There’s safety in numbers
5. When the master is absent, the frogs jump into the house	When the cat’s away, the mice will play
6. He who hunts two rats catches none	A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
7. No one test the depth of the river with both feet	Look before you leap
8. By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree	If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again
9. Home affairs are not talked about on the public square	Don’t wash your dirty laundry in public
10. Leave a log in the water as long as you like: it will never be a crocodile	You can’t make a silk purse out of a pig’s ear

 

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