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. The brain's oldest region; begins where the spinal cord swells slightly after entering the skull | Brainstem | 2. The swelling at the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing | Medulla | 3. Located at the top of the brainstem, this is the brain's sensory switchboard | Thalamus | 4. This network of neurons extends from your spinal cord into your thalamus and filters messages traveling from your body to your brain | reticular formation | 5. This lies at the rear of the brainstem and controls balance and voluntary movements | Cerebellum | 6. In between the brainstem and the cerebral hemispheres of the brain lies what region | The limbic system | 7. The area of the limbic system that is linked to emotion, aggression, and fear | Amygdala | 8. This small structure in the limbic system regulates thirst, hunger, and body temperature | Hypothalamus | 9. What do we call the thin layer of interconnected neurons covering the two hemispheres of the brain | Cerebral cortex | 10. What do we call the four lobes of the brain | frontal lobes, parietal lobes, occipital lobes,temporal lobes | 11. The more sensitive a body region, the larger the ... | Area of sensory cortex devoted to it | 12. The part of the brain that receives information from visual fields (eyes) | Occipital lobes | 13. A person struggling with forming words may have experienced damage to what region of the brain | Broca's Area | 14. A person experiencing difficulty with understanding words may have damaged what region of the brain | Wernicke's Area | 15. What do we call the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres | Corpus Collosum | 16. If an accident leaves you unable to read, write, speak, or understand others, you probably experienced damage to which hemisphere | the left hemisphere |
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The swelling at the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing&choe=UTF-8
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Located at the top of the brainstem, this is the brain's sensory switchboard&choe=UTF-8
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This network of neurons extends from your spinal cord into your thalamus and filters messages traveling from your body to your brain&choe=UTF-8
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This lies at the rear of the brainstem and controls balance and voluntary movements&choe=UTF-8
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In between the brainstem and the cerebral hemispheres of the brain lies what region&choe=UTF-8
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The area of the limbic system that is linked to emotion, aggression, and fear&choe=UTF-8
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This small structure in the limbic system regulates thirst, hunger, and body temperature&choe=UTF-8
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What do we call the thin layer of interconnected neurons covering the two hemispheres of the brain&choe=UTF-8
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What do we call the four lobes of the brain&choe=UTF-8
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The more sensitive a body region, the larger the ...&choe=UTF-8
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The part of the brain that receives information from visual fields (eyes)&choe=UTF-8
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A person struggling with forming words may have experienced damage to what region of the brain&choe=UTF-8
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A person experiencing difficulty with understanding words may have damaged what region of the brain&choe=UTF-8
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What do we call the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres&choe=UTF-8
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If an accident leaves you unable to read, write, speak, or understand others, you probably experienced damage to which hemisphere&choe=UTF-8
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