QR Challenge: Diabetes Discovery

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. What is diabetes?	Diabetes is a condition caused when the body fails to feel glucose levels in check.
2. What are the two types of diabetes?	Type 1 and Type 2
3. Which type is more common?	Type 2
4. Describe each type.	Type 1diabetes means the pancreas does not make insulin which means they need to take insulin injections for the rest of their life. Type 2 diabetes occurs more in people over 30 who are overweight and lifestyle issues.
5. What is insulin?	Describe it in one sentence.
6. What does insulin do?	Explain in three sentences.
7. What part of the body doesn't make insulin in a person with Type 1 diabetes?	The pancreas
8. A doctor who specialises in diabetes is called what?	An endocrinologist
9. Can you catch diabetes from a person who has it?	No you cannot.
10. Type 1 diabetes means that the person needs to inject insulin regularly throughout the day in order to stay alive...True or False?	True
11. What is a glucose meter? Is it a unit of measurement; a device to measure blood pressure or a device to measure blood sugar?	A device to measure blood sugar
12. What happens if someone who has T1D tests their blood and learns that their blood sugar level is too low? Do they have to take more insulin, eat or drink something with simple sugars or go to the hospital?	They have to eat or drink something with simple sugars.

 

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