Name: Lyndsey Oberosler

Create a QR Code Hunt

1. Choose a topic: 3rd Grade Social Studies: Geography
2. Identify the standards and write objectives:
STANDARDS:
Standard 2.1: Use various types of geographic tools to develop spatial
thinking.
a) Read and interpret information from geographic tools and formulate
geographic questions (DOK 1-2).
b) Find oceans and continents, major countries, bodies of water,
mountains, and urban areas, the state of Colorado, and neighboring
states on maps (DOK 1).
Standard 2.3: The concept of regions is developed through an understanding
of similarities and differences in places.
a) Observe and describe the physical characteristics and the cultural and
human features of a region (DOK 1-2).
b) Identify factors that make a region unique including cultural diversity,
industry and agriculture, and land forms (DOK 1-2).
d) Characterize regions using different types of features such as
physical, political, urban, and rural (DOK 1-3).
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OBJECTIVES:
Students will be able to name and recall important features of a
map.
Students will be able to identify geographic characteristics of a
region.
Students will be able to identify and describe different
characteristics of cultures and communities.
Students will be able to incorporate technology successfully into
their learning in order to find the answers to the questions.
Students will be able to familiarize themselves with QR codes
and successfully scan a QR code in order to pull up a link.

3. Determine how you want students to proceed through the QR

code hunt and what they are to do with the information or
what they are to do at each clue. Describe your method here:
Students will be split up into pairs and each pair will be given an IPod with a
QR code scanner and an internet connection on it. Each pair will also be
given a sheet of the following 10 questions without answers and a pencil. I
will begin by introducing the children to QR codes and showing them how
they are used and describing the activity that we are going to do to them.
For a warm-up, I will put the first QR code up on the board for all of the

students to have a chance to scan. One partner will scan the QR code, and
when they have done so successfully they will hand the IPod to the other
partner so he/she can complete a successful try as well. When they go the
link for the first QR code they will find the answer to the first question and
they must write that down on their sheet. Once all students have scanned
the QR code successfully, I will explain to them that there are 9 other QR
codes hidden around the school and it is their mission to find them. The QR
code takes the student to the answer to the question, so they will have to
match the answers the QR codes give them to the questions. The first team
to match all 10 questions with their correct answers using the QR codes
wins! This will be a great wrap up review for my third grade students to help
them remember some basics about third grade social studies and geography
and what we have learned in class so far.
4. Write at least 10 questions or prompts (see table below):
Question
What is the imaginary line
that divides the Earth into
the Northern Hemisphere
and the Southern
Hemisphere?

QR Code

Answer
The Equator

What type of landform is

the state of Florida: A
mountain range, a hill, a
peninsula, or an island?

A Peninsula

A ______ tells what the

symbols on a map mean.

Map Key

_____ is a word for

peoples way of life. It can
be seen through a
persons religion, clothes,
______, ______, and ______.

Culture is a word for

peoples way of life. It
can be seen through a
persons religion,
clothes, writing, music,
and cooking.

How many oceans does

the Earth have and what
are their names?

The Earth has 5 oceans:

The Pacific Ocean, The
Atlantic Ocean, The
Indian Ocean, The
Southern Ocean, and
The Arctic Ocean.

A raised, flat surface that

is bounded on one or
more sides by cliffs or
steep slopes is a _______.

A Plateau

What type of community

would be located just
outside of or on the edge
of a town?

A Suburb

What kind of resource

could you look at to find
out information about
things such as the worlds
population, recent fashion
trends, the time the sun
will set, what the weather
will be like next year, or
when the best time is to
plant crops?

An Almanac

What is the difference

between a political map
and a physical map?

A political map shows

borders, cities, states,
capitals, or continents. A
physical map shows
landforms such as
mountains, valleys,
rivers, and oceans.

What is a natural
resource?

A natural resource is
something that is found
in nature and can be
used by people.
Examples include water,
plants, and fossil fuels.