QR Challenge: Astronomy Vocabulary Quiz

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. What is the study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space?	astronomy
2. What is the imaginary line that passes through the North and South poles called?	axis
3. What is the spinning of Earth on its axis called?	rotation
4. The movement of one object around another is called?	revolution
5. The path Earth follows as it revolves around the sun is called?	orbit
6. A system of organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of year is called?	calendar
7. When the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator, it is called?	solstice
8. Equal night is also called?	equinox
9. A push or pull is called?	force
10. The force that attracts all objects toward each other is called?	gravity
11. This law states that every object in the universe attracts every other object?	Newton's law of universal gravitation
12. The amount of matter in an object?	mass
13. The force of gravity on an object?	weight
14. The tendency of an object to resist change in motion is called?	inertia
15. Newton's first law of motion says that an object at rest will stay at _______ and an object in motion will stay in _________.	rest/motion
16. The different shapes of the moon we see?	phases
17. When an object in space comes between the sun and a third object it is called?	eclipse
18. A __________ eclipse occurs when the new moon blocks your view of the sun.	solar
19. Total Solar Eclipse: The darkest part of the moon's shadow?	umbra
20. Partial Solar Eclipse: The larger part of the shadow is called ______.	penumbra
21. A ________ eclipse occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.	lunar
22. The rise and fall of the ocean is called?	tides
23. A ________ tide is a tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides.	spring
24. A ________tide is a tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides.	neap
25. A device used to observe distant objects?	telescope
26. Dark, flat surfaces on the moon are called?	maria
27. Pits on the moon are called?	craters
28. Scientists know that the craters on the moon were caused by _______?	meteroids

 

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