QR Challenge: BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY
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. What is the name of the biggest part of the human brain? | The cerebrum
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2. The coloured part of the human eye that controls how much light passes through the pupil is called the? | Iris
| 3. What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment? | Melanin
| 4. The muscles found in the front of your thighs are known as what? | Quadriceps
| 5. What substance are nails made of? | Keratin
| 6. What is the human body’s biggest organ? | The skin
| 7. The innermost part of bones contains what? | Bone marrow
| 8. How many lungs does the human body have? | 2
| 9. Another name for your voice box is the? | Larynx
| 10. The two holes in your nose are called? | Nostrils
| 11. The bones that make up your spine are called what? | Vertebrae
| 12. The shape of DNA is known as? | A double helix
| 13. The flow of blood through your heart and around your body is called? | Circulation
| 14. The bones around your chest that protect organs such as the heart are called what? | Ribs
| 15. What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food from the back of your throat down to your stomach? | The esophagus
| 16. The outside layer of skin on the human body is called the? | Epidermis |
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-name-of-the-biggest-part-of-the-human-brain?
Question 1 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-coloured-part-of-the-human-eye-that-controls-how-much-light-passes-through-the-pupil-is-called-the?
Question 2 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-name-of-the-substance-that-gives-skin-and-hair-its-pigment?
Question 3 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-muscles-found-in-the-front-of-your-thighs-are-known-as-what?
Question 4 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-substance-are-nails-made-of?
Question 5 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-human-body’s-biggest-organ?
Question 6 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-innermost-part-of-bones-contains-what?
Question 7 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How-many-lungs-does-the-human-body-have?
Question 8 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Another-name-for-your-voice-box-is-the?
Question 9 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-two-holes-in-your-nose-are-called?
Question 10 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-bones-that-make-up-your-spine-are-called-what?
Question 11 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-shape-of-DNA-is-known-as?
Question 12 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-flow-of-blood-through-your-heart-and-around-your-body-is-called?
Question 13 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-bones-around-your-chest-that-protect-organs-such-as-the-heart-are-called-what?
Question 14 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What-is-the-name-of-the-long-pipe-that-shifts-food-from-the-back-of-your-throat-down-to-your-stomach?
Question 15 (of 16)
BC Science Scavenger Hunt BIOLOGY: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-outside-layer-of-skin-on-the-human-body-is-called-the?
Question 16 (of 16)
