QR Challenge: Let's Practice Identifying Cell Parts!

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 thick outer covering found only in the plant cell that gives support and protection to plants?	cell wall
2. What is the flexible structure that hold the cell together and is found in both plant and animal cells?	cell membrane
3. What is the powerhouse of the cell that turns food into energy?	mitochondra
4. What is the jelly-like substance that fills the cell?	cytoplasm
5. What is the control center of the cell that directs all activities and holds the hereditary material(chromosomes)?	nucleus
6. What contains a chemical called DNA which determines the traits of offspring and are found inside the nucleus?	chromosomes
7. What is the storage area for food, water and waste?	vacuole
8. What is found only in plant cells, give plants their green color, and is the location of photosynthesis?	chloroplasts
9. What two organelles are found in plant cells, but not in animal cells?	chloroplasts and cell wall
10. What instrument is used to view cells?	compound microscope
11. What is the smallest unit of life in all living things?	cells
12. What are the two types of cells?	animal and plant
13. What does DNA stand for?	deoxyribonucleic acid
14. What scientist gave cells their name?	Robert Hooke

 

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