QR Challenge: Get to know Biology Lab Equipment

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.

---

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. Used to enlarge an image	Compound Light Microscope
2. Supports an item being examined under the microscope2	Microscope slide2
3. Usually holds liquids while they are being stirred or heated3	Beaker3
4. Used to measure the volume of liquids4	Graduated cylinder
5. Protects eyes from damaging substances or fumes5	Goggles5
6. Used to cap a flask6	Stopper6
7. Used for grasping hot test tubes7	Test tub clamp7
8. If someone catches on fire, wrap this around them8	Fire blanket8
9. Go hear if you get a chemical in your eye9	Eyewash9
10. Measures in meters10	Ruler10
11. Measures in grams11	Electric balance11
12. If there were a fire in the trash can, grab this12	Fire extinguisher12
13. Exit the classroom, and proceed to the down the staircase to your immediate right. Once outside, walk straight towards the grass by the big tree and wait for your teacher there13	Fire drill plan13
14. Used during dissections to cut into a specimen14	Scapel14
15. If you need to pick up something tiny, use these15	Forceps15

 

---