QR Challenge: Biochemistry Vocabulary

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. Monomer of a nucleic acid	nucleotide
2. on an enzyme, the site that attaches to a substrate:	active site
3. made up of long chains of simple sugars	polysaccharide
4. bonds two amino acids	peptide bond
5. a class of molecules that includes sugars, starches, and fiber; contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen	carbohydrate
6. monomer of a protein	amino acid
7. a covalently bonded compound that contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen	organic compound
8. examples include oils, waxes, and steroids	lipid
9. a large molecule that is formed by more than five monomers	polymer
10. a lipid that is a structural component in cell membranes	phospholipid
11. a long chain of several amino acids	polypeptide
12. protein that acts as a catalyst in biochemical reactions	enzyme
13. substance that binds to the active site on enzymes	substrate
14. a simple molecule that can combine to make a polymer	monomer
15. a simple sugar that is the basic subunit of a carbohydrate	monosaccharide
16. a sugar formed from two monosaccharides	disaccharide
17. a very large organic molecule, usually a polymer, composed of hundreds or thousands of atoms	macromolecule
18. adenosine triphosphate, an organic molecule that acts as the main energy source for cell processes;	ATP
19. an organic compound that is made of one or more chains of amino acids and that is a principal component of all cells	protein
20. an organic compound, either RNA or DNA, whose molecules are made up of one or two chains of nucleotides and carry genetic information	nucleic acid

 

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