QR Challenge: Nutrition/HHS

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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. A condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances in some foods	Food Allergy
2. A set of recommendations about smart eating and physical activity for all Americans	Dietary Guidelines
3. Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy	Nutrients
4. A negative reaction to food that doesn't involve the immune system	Food Intolerance
5. Substances added to a food to produce a desired effect	Food Additives
6. Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues	Proteins
7. An interactive guide to healthful eating and active living	MyPyramid
8. The process in which your body takes in and uses food	Nutrition
9. Elements found in food that are used by the body	Minerals
10. Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes	Vitamins
11. A unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from food	Calories
12. A condition in which the bones become fragile and break easily	Osteoporosis
13. The spreading of pathogens from one food to another	Cross-contamination
14. Starches and sugars found in foods, which provide your body's main source of energy	Carbohydrates
15. Foods that have a high ratio of nutrients to calories	Nutrient-Dense
16. Food poisoning	Food Borne Illness
17. A waxy, fatlike substance in your blood	Cholesterol
18. The natural physical drive to eat, prompted by the body's need for food	Hunger
19. Desire for food	Appetite
20. Tough complex carbohydrate that the body cannot digest	Fiber

 

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