QR Challenge: Electricity 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. The flow of charged particles across a conductor	Circuit
2. A chemical storage device for electrical energy	Battery
3. A circle of wire through which electrons may flow	Circuit
4. A circuit in which multiple items are arranged so there is only one pathway of travel	Parallel Circuit
5. A device that can open or close a circuit	Switch
6. A circuit in which multiple items are arranged so there are several pathways for electrons to travel	Parallel Circuit
7. Current that fluctuates rapidly back and forth	Direct
8. Current that flows in one direction	Alternating
9. A material through which electric current passes through easily	Conductor
10. A material through which electric current doesn't pass through easily	Insulator
11. Negatively charged particles that when flowing create electricity	Electrons
12. The flow of charged particles	Electric Current
13. Another term for battery	Power Source or D Cell
14. Another term for wire	Pathway
15. Another term for light bulb	Load
16. Conductor/Insulator:Wood	Insulator
17. Conductor/Insulator:Aluminum	Conductor
18. Conductor/Insulator:Steel	Conductor
19. Conductor/Insulator:Plastic	Insulator
20. Conductor/Insulator:Magnet

 

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