QR Challenge: B1

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. Animalia is an example of this	Kingdom
2. Chordata is an example of this	Phylum
3. Mammal is an example of this	Class
4. Carnivora is an example of this	Order
5. Binomial name has these two words	Genus species
6. A group of similar organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile young	Species
7. Term used to describe Panthera, in Panthera tigris?	Genus
8. Organisms which are unicellular and have NO nucleus?	Prokaryotes
9. Organisms which are unicellular and have a nucleus?	Protoctista
10. Vertebrate with gills, fins, wet scales, external fertilisation	fish
11. Vertebrate with smooth skin, lungs or gills, external fertilisation	amphibian
12. Vertebrate with dry scaly skin, eggs with hard shell, internal fertilisation	reptile
13. Vertebrate with wings, feathers, eggs with hard shell, internal fertilisation	bird
14. Vertebrate with hair/fur on body, give birth to live young, feed young on milk, internal fertilisation	mammal
15. The infertile offspring that occurs when two different species breed or reproduce	hybrid
16. The result if a species fails to adapt to its environment?	extinction
17. Adaptation may be necessary as a result of..	increased competition
18. Examples of adaptation for cold conditions	insulation fat or fur
19. Heat loss reduction	small surface area to volume
20. Greasy coat	waterproofing
21. Colour of fur	camouflage
22. Stop plant being blown by wind	close to ground
23. Reduce water loss	small leaves
24. Protection from predators	thick layer of bacteria
25. Differences within a species	variation
26. Variation is due to our parents	inherited variation
27. Variation is due to upbringing and the environment we live in	environmental variation
28. Blood group, Natural eye colour, Natural hair colour are examples of	inherited only
29. Height, Weight are examples of..	Both inherited and environmental
30. Type of variation shown by height, weight, foot length	continuous
31. Type of variation shown by eye colour, gender, blood group	discontinuous
32. Type of distribution shown by variation which is continuous, assuming a large enough sample	normal
33. Different forms of the same gene	alleles
34. Characteristics of the ___________ allele will develop if the allele is present on one or both chromosomes in a pair	dominant
35. Characteristics of the ___________ allele will develop if the allele is present on both chromosomes in a pair	recessive
36. Letter used to represent a dominant allele	large/capital
37. Letter used to represent a recessive allele	small/lowercase
38. Pair of allele letters	genotype
39. Pair of alleles with the two dominant or two recessive alleles	homozygous
40. Pair of alleles with one dominant and one recessive alleles	heterozygous

 

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