QR Challenge: Hot Topics: Text Features QR Code 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. question	Article 1: Sea Turtles. Based on the quantitative data in the text, how much plastic garbage is dumped into the ocean per year?
2. question2	Article 2: LeBron James. What is the purpose of the photo included with this article? What is the caption?
3. question3	Article 3: LGBT Bullying. What are the statistics listed in the article? What kind of data is this?
4. question4	Article 4: Fighting Racism. Based on context clues, what do you infer to be the definition of "sanctuary city?"
5. question5	Article 5: Social Media and Mental Health. What are the headings in the text?
6. question 6	Article 5: Homeless Photographer. What is the title of the article? What is the purpose of including these photos?

 

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