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. short, webbed neck, often sterile, female | Turner's syndrome | 2. monosomy=single X chromosome (XO), total of 45 chromosomes2 | Turner's syndrome2 | 3. almond-shaped eyes, flabby muscle tone, thick tongue, varying degrees of mental retardation | Down's Syndrome | 4. trisomy= extra chromosomes #21, total of 47 chromosomes | Down's Syndrome | 5. tall, acne-prone, small breast, underdeveloped testicles, sterile, male | Klinefelter's Syndrome | 6. trisomy=extra sex chromosomes (XXY), total of 47 chromosomes | Klinefelter's Syndrome | 7. lack of pigmentation (melanin), pale skin tone, pink eye, white hair, very sensitive to the sun | albinism | 8. gene mutation, caused by recessive gene, only appears in the homozygous recessive condition | albinism | 9. inability to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine, builds up in the brain and causes brain damage, prevented with modifications in diet | PKU | 10. caused by recessive autosomal gene that must be passed on to the child from both parents | PKU | 11. free bleeders disease, blood lacks a protein that enables it to clot or coagulate, individuals with this disease cannot play contact sports | Hemophilia | 12. sex-linked trait, caused by a recessive gene carried on the X chromosomes, most often found in males | Hemophilia | 13. red blood cells become sickle shaped and are unable to carry oxygen, these abnormal cells block blood vessels causing damage to organs and severe cramping | Sickle Cell Anemia | 14. caused by a recessive autosomal gene that must be passed on to the child from both parents, most common in African American | Sickle Cell Anemia | 15. thick layer of mucus lining and digestive tract, prone to respiratory disease and digestive problems, premature death | Cystic Fibrosis | 16. caused by a recessive autosomal gene that must be passed on to the child from both parents, most common in Caucasians | Cystic Fibrosis |
short, webbed neck, often sterile, female&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 16)
monosomy=single X chromosome (XO), total of 45 chromosomes2&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 16)
almond-shaped eyes, flabby muscle tone, thick tongue, varying degrees of mental retardation&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 16)
trisomy= extra chromosomes #21, total of 47 chromosomes&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 16)
tall, acne-prone, small breast, underdeveloped testicles, sterile, male&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 16)
trisomy=extra sex chromosomes (XXY), total of 47 chromosomes&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 16)
lack of pigmentation (melanin), pale skin tone, pink eye, white hair, very sensitive to the sun&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 16)
gene mutation, caused by recessive gene, only appears in the homozygous recessive condition&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 16)
inability to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine, builds up in the brain and causes brain damage, prevented with modifications in diet&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 16)
caused by recessive autosomal gene that must be passed on to the child from both parents&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 16)
free bleeders disease, blood lacks a protein that enables it to clot or coagulate, individuals with this disease cannot play contact sports&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 16)
sex-linked trait, caused by a recessive gene carried on the X chromosomes, most often found in males&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 16)
red blood cells become sickle shaped and are unable to carry oxygen, these abnormal cells block blood vessels causing damage to organs and severe cramping&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 16)
caused by a recessive autosomal gene that must be passed on to the child from both parents, most common in African American&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 16)
thick layer of mucus lining and digestive tract, prone to respiratory disease and digestive problems, premature death&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 16)
caused by a recessive autosomal gene that must be passed on to the child from both parents, most common in Caucasians&choe=UTF-8
Question 16 (of 16)
