QR Challenge: Calculus Scavenger Hunt
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. Find the derivative of f(x) |
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2. Find the derivative of h(x) |
| 3. Find the second derivative of g(x) |
| 4. Find dy/dx by implicit differention |
| 5. Find the equation of the line tangent to f(x) at the point (-2,1) |
| 6. A ball is dropped from a height of 100 feet. One second later another ball is dropped from 75 feet. Which hits the ground first? |
| 7. Use the first derivative to locate the relative extrema for g(x) |
| 8. Find the points of inflection for h(x) |
| 9. Sketch an accurate graph for f(x) |
| 10. Find the point(s) guaranteed by the Mean Value Theorem for g(x) on the interval [1,8] |
| 11. Find the point(s) guaranteed by Rolle’s Theorem for h(x) on the interval [0,2] |
| 12. Approximate the area under g(x) from x=0 to x=2 with four partitions |
| 13. Find the indefinite integral |
| 14. Use FTC to evaluate |
| 15. Use u-substitution to find the indefinite integral |
| 16. Use the product rule to find the derivative of f(x) |
| 17. Use the quotient rule to find the derivative of h(x) |
| 18. Find the second derivative of f(x) |
| 19. State the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus |
| 20. If the derivative of a function is positive then the function is _________? | |
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-the-derivative-of-f(x)
Question 1 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-the-derivative-of-h(x)
Question 2 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-the-second-derivative-of-g(x)
Question 3 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-dy/dx-by-implicit-differention
Question 4 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-the-equation-of-the-line-tangent-to-f(x)-at-the-point-(-2,1)
Question 5 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-ball-is-dropped-from-a-height-of-100-feet.-One-second-later-another-ball-is-dropped-from-75-feet.-Which-hits-the-ground-first?
Question 6 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Use-the-first-derivative-to-locate-the-relative-extrema--for-g(x)
Question 7 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-the-points-of-inflection-for-h(x)
Question 8 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Sketch-an-accurate-graph-for-f(x)
Question 9 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-the-point(s)-guaranteed-by-the-Mean-Value-Theorem-for-g(x)-on-the-interval-[1,8]
Question 10 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-the-point(s)-guaranteed-by-Rolle’s-Theorem-for-h(x)-on-the-interval-[0,2]
Question 11 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Approximate-the-area-under-g(x)-from-x=0-to-x=2-with-four-partitions
Question 12 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-the-indefinite-integral
Question 13 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Use-FTC-to-evaluate
Question 14 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Use-u-substitution-to-find-the-indefinite-integral
Question 15 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Use-the-product-rule-to-find-the-derivative-of-f(x)
Question 16 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Use-the-quotient-rule-to-find-the-derivative-of-h(x)
Question 17 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Find-the-second-derivative-of-f(x)
Question 18 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=State-the-Fundamental-Theorem-of-Calculus
Question 19 (of 20)
Calculus Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If-the-derivative-of-a-function-is-positive-then-the-function-is-_________?
Question 20 (of 20)
