QR Challenge: Excel Vocabulary

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. an equation that calculates a new value using values currently on a worksheet	Formula
2. a chart that shows the relationship of a part to a whole	Pie Chart
3. the space formed by the intersection of a row and a column; the basic unit of a worksheet	Cell
4. a horizontal group of cells in a worksheet identified by numbers	Row
5. cell reference that does not adjust to the new cell location when copied or moved	Absolute cell reference
6. keeps selected rows or columns visible on the screen as the rest of the worksheet scrolls	Freeze
7. to arrange a list of words or numbers in ascending or descending order	Sort
8. a chart that uses bars of varying height to illustrate values in a worksheet	Column chart
9. the mathematical rules used for calculating the value of a formula	Order of operation
10. a selected worksheet cell that is ready for data entry	Active cell
11. a unique identifier for a cell which is formed by combining the cell's column letter and row number	Cell reference
12. selected group of cells on a worksheet identified by the cell in the upper left corner and the cell in the lower right corner, separated by a colon	Range
13. the position of data within a cell	Alignment
14. a grid of rows and columns containing numbers, text, and formulas used to perform calculations	Spreadsheet
15. a prewritten formula that makes it easy to perform common calculations	Function
16. a symbol that indicates what mathematical operation to perform on the operands: plus (+), minus (-), multiply, divide (/)	Operator
17. returns the number of cells in a range that contains numbers	COUNT
18. adds all the numbers in a range of cells	SUM
19. returns the smallest value in a set of values	MIN
20. value, cell reference, range, or text that acts as an operand i a function formula	Argument
21. sort order arranging text or numbers from Z to A, largest to smallest, or latest to earliest	Descending
22. numeric characters that can be used in a calculation	Value
23. a cell reference that contains both relative and absolute references	Mixed cell reference
24. process of changing values in cells to see how those changes affect the outcome of formulas in the worksheet	What-if analysis
25. returns the largest value in a set of values	MAX
26. sort order arranging text or numbers from A to Z, from smallest to larges, or from earliest to latest	Ascending
27. alphanumeric text that will not be used in calculations	Label
28. a vertical group of cells in a worksheet identified by letters	Column
29. a function that automatically adds the values in the cells directly above or to the left of the active cell	Autosum
30. a collection of related worksheets	Workbook
31. to copy a cell's contents and/or formatting into an adjacent cell or range	Fill
32. returns the average (arithmetic means) of its arguements	AVERAGE
33. a graphic representation of values and their relationships; pie, line, column, bar, scattered	Chart/graph
34. the workspace made up of columns and rows where data is entered to create an electronic spreadsheet	Worksheet
35. a chart that uses points connected by a line to illustrate values in a worksheet	Line chart
36. arranging the shape, size, type, and general makeup of a cell or group of cells	Format
37. a number or cell reference used in a formula	Operand
38. cell reference that adjusts to a new location when copied or moved	Relative cell reference

 

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