QR Challenge: Cells

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 function of the nucleus?	Controls the cell's activities
2. What do chloroplasts do?2	Take in sunlight and provide food for the cell2
3. What does the cell membrane do?3	Controls what goes in and out of the cell3
4. What is the function of a plant cell's Cell Wall?4	Supports the cells and provides shape4
5. What takes place in the cytoplasm of a cell?5	Chemical reactions5
6. What is the function of a vacuole?6	Contains cell sap and provides support6
7. What is the purpose of a red blood cell?7	To carry oxygen around the body7
8. What is the purpose of a root hair cell?8	To take in water and nutrients from soil8
9. What do sperm do?9	Deliver genetic information to the egg before fertilisation9
10. What do nerve cells do?10	Carry signals around the body10

 

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