QR Challenge: Skeletomuscular System

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. List the 5 functions of the skeletal system	provides structure and support, enables you to move, protects your internal organs, produces blood cells, supports nutrients
2. Where are blood cells produced	bone marrow
3. The 26 small bones that make up your spine are called	vertebrae
4. The flexible connetive tissue that makes up most of your nose and ears and covers the ends of some bones	cartilage
5. The place where two bones meet is called a	joint
6. The tissue that holds two bones together is called	ligament
7. __________________ is a condition where bones become weak and brittle	osteoporosis
8. Explain why it is important for you to build bone mass now	must be built before you stop growing
9. What do you need to do to build bone mass?	eat foods rich in Calcium and do weight bearing exercise
10. What is the difference between voluntary and involuntary muscles?	you can control voluntary, involuntary are automatic
11. List the three types of muscles found in the human body.	skeletal, smooth, cardiac
12. _________________ attaches muscles to bones	Tendons
13. Describe the structure of a muscle.	fibers bundeled together, bundles bundled together
14. Why do muscles have to work in pairs?	They can only contract
15. List four function os skin.	Protects from injury and infection, Prevents loss of water, Regulates body temperature, Produces vitamin D
16. The top layer of skin is called	the Epidermis
17. The lower layer of skin, the dermis, contains what?	hair follicles, sweat glands, nerves, blood vessels

 

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