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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. Techniques of managing biological systems for human benefit | Biotechnology | 2. Genes are manipulated (changed or deleted) in an organism | Genetic Engineering | 3. Mapping of genes to specific locations on chromosomes | Gene Mapping | 4. DNA banding patterns are separated by size and charge | DNA Fingerprinting/Testing | 5. Mapping genes on the 46 chromosomes in a human | Human Genome Project | 6. Creates an exact genetic copy of a biological unit (gene, cell or organism) | Cloning | 7. An undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism which is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation | Stem Cell | 8. Separates sections of DNA based on their size and electrical charge | Electrophoresis | 9. Selective growing or breeding of plants and animals to make them more useful to humans | Domestication | 10. The process of producing a desired characteristic by artificially altering a genetic material | Genetic Modification | 11. The process of cutting a section of DNA from one organism and then inserting into the DNA of another so that that organism now has the desired trait from the other organism | Gene Splicing | 12. Improves the ability to grow crops to sustain a population. Help to conserve soil and reduce erosion | Agricultural Technology | 13. Any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques | GMO | 14. The use of organisms, such as bacteria, to clean up environmental pollution | Bioremediation | 15. The use of computer databases to organize and analyze biological data | Bioinformatics | 16. Creates tools to treat disease and injury | Medical Technology |
Techniques of managing biological systems for human benefit&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 16)
Genes are manipulated (changed or deleted) in an organism&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 16)
Mapping of genes to specific locations on chromosomes&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 16)
DNA banding patterns are separated by size and charge&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 16)
Mapping genes on the 46 chromosomes in a human&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 16)
Creates an exact genetic copy of a biological unit (gene, cell or organism)&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 16)
An undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism which is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 16)
Separates sections of DNA based on their size and electrical charge&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 16)
Selective growing or breeding of plants and animals to make them more useful to humans&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 16)
The process of producing a desired characteristic by artificially altering a genetic material&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 16)
The process of cutting a section of DNA from one organism and then inserting into the DNA of another so that that organism now has the desired trait from the other organism&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 16)
Improves the ability to grow crops to sustain a population. Help to conserve soil and reduce erosion&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 16)
Any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 16)
The use of organisms, such as bacteria, to clean up environmental pollution&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 16)
The use of computer databases to organize and analyze biological data&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 16)
Creates tools to treat disease and injury&choe=UTF-8
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