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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
1. What is the difference between a province and territory in Canada? | A province is similar to a state and a territory is administered by the national government. | 2. Why is Quebec trying to separate from the Canadian government? | The canadian government is trying to control Quebec's economy. | 3. What effect does acid rain have on Canada? | It kills fish, land animals, and trees. | 4. How many square miles is Canada? | 3.86 million | 5. What three oceans border Canada? | Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific. | 6. Where was gold discovered in Canada? | Yukon Territory | 7. What two languages do Canadians use? | French and English | 8. Where can you find an archipelago? | In the ocean | 9. In the 1600's, what were the British merchants trying to gain? | profitable fur trade | 10. What is Canada's third largest metropolitan area? | Vancouver | 11. What is the difference between coniferous and deciduous trees? | 12. What are Canada's three territories? | Nunavut, Northwest territories, and Yukon. | 13. What fraction of Canada's imports come from the United States? | 3/4 | 14. Who were the first Europeans to reach what is now Canada? | The Vikings | 15. What does Canada's industries, transportation systems, and homes greatly depend on? | fossil fuels | 16. What does NATO stand for? | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | 17. What are the five names for the Atlantic Provinces? | Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and Labrador | 18. When did the Vikings begin their travels to Canada? | A.D. 1,000 | 19. Where are half of Canada's manufactured goods made in? | Ontario | 20. What is the Canadian Shield? | A massive plateau that covers the northern area of Quebec and Ontario. | 21. What are the children of French and Native people called? | Metis | 22. What Explorer founded the first French Settlement (Quebec)? | Samuel de Champlain |
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