QR Challenge: Digital Dinosaur 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. Pterodactyls have wings! See them soaring above just like a plane. Find the magazines to find out what the pterodactyls were reading. Take a dino selfie with them flying above, complete the pterodactyl craft, then scan the QR code for your next clue.	2
2. Sauropods have very long necks. They can reach the very tops of trees to find the tastiest leaves. What plants can you find at the library? Can you reach the top of the plants? Take a dino selfie and scan the QR code for your next clue.	3
3. Head to the Local History area. Archaeologists study the bones of dinosaurs, often having to put the bones back together like a puzzle. Time to get your brains working. Piece together a t-rex, take a photo and scan the QR code for your next clue. Don't forget to dismantle your dinosaur for the next person.	4
4. What’s that noise? Is that my stomach or yours? Or is it a hungry dinosaur? Lets hope they are happy with hamburgers… Head to the cafe, once they’ve eaten, take a dino selfie and scan the QR code for your next clue.	5
5. Can dinosaurs read? The Thesaurus Rex loves junior graphic novels. Make your very own mish mash dinosaur in a rainbow of colours. Take a dino selfie near the junior graphic novels and scan the QR code for your next clue.	6
6. Are those stegosaurus footprints? Walk like a dinosaur and follow the footprints for your next clue.	7
7. Compsognathus can only reach the first shelf to browse for books. They lived in France during the late Jurassic period and enjoyed French books. Find the Compsognathus in the community languages section for your next clue. Take a dino selfie and scan the QR code.	8
8. The Kronosaurus is taking a swim near the Easy Readers. Take a photo when you find him and scan the QR code.	9
9. And you’ve completed the hunt. Head back to the start and find a staff member to make sure you have officially completed the Digital Dinosaur trail and to make a souvenir to take home. Grab some dino books while you are there.	10

 

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