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. What organelle of the cell that contains chromosomes? | nucleus | 2. What is the substance carrying an organisms genetic code? | DNA | 3. What is the name for chromosomes that contain different versions of the same genes? | homologous | 4. What is the name for a length of DNA that contains the code for a specific trait? | gene | 5. What do we call different versions of the same gene? | allele | 6. Draw and label a nucleotide. | ... | 7. What is the name for a genetically or environmentally determined characteristic? | trait or phenotype | 8. What is the name for cell used for sexual reproduction that carries a random selection of half of the organisms genetic information? | gamete | 9. During meiosis, chromosomes can randomly line up on either side of the equator of the cell to create different variations of chromosomes in the gamete. What is this process called? | Independent assortment | 10. During meiosis homologous pairs of chromosomes, swap alleles to create variation between the parents and offspring. What is this process called? | Crossing over | 11. What type of cell division creates clone cells for healing and repair | mitosis | 12. What type of cell division that creates cells with half the genetic information randomly shuffled? | meiosis | 13. What feature of a population allows it to adapt to changes in their environment? | variation | 14. Invasive species, drought, floods, pollution, decrease in available food, are all examples of what? | Selection pressure | 15. What are 2 key differences between the 2 types of cell division? | Number of cell divisions/daughter cells, one creates variation, the other creates clones. | 16. What biological catalysts are responsible for driving DNA replication? | Enzymes | 17. What do we call it when a newly replicated DNA strand contains half of an old strand of DNA? | semi-conservative replication | 18. What is the process that causes small changes in the allele frequency of a population? | Natural or artificial selection | 19. What is it called when changes in allele frequency build up over time and can result in a new species being formed? | Evolution |
What organelle of the cell that contains chromosomes?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the substance carrying an organisms genetic code?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the name for chromosomes that contain different versions of the same genes?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the name for a length of DNA that contains the code for a specific trait?&choe=UTF-8
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What do we call different versions of the same gene?&choe=UTF-8
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Draw and label a nucleotide.&choe=UTF-8
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What is the name for a genetically or environmentally determined characteristic?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the name for cell used for sexual reproduction that carries a random selection of half of the organisms genetic information?&choe=UTF-8
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During meiosis, chromosomes can randomly line up on either side of the equator of the cell to create different variations of chromosomes in the gamete. What is this process called?&choe=UTF-8
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During meiosis homologous pairs of chromosomes, swap alleles to create variation between the parents and offspring. What is this process called?&choe=UTF-8
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What type of cell division creates clone cells for healing and repair&choe=UTF-8
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What type of cell division that creates cells with half the genetic information randomly shuffled?&choe=UTF-8
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What feature of a population allows it to adapt to changes in their environment?&choe=UTF-8
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Invasive species, drought, floods, pollution, decrease in available food, are all examples of what?&choe=UTF-8
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What are 2 key differences between the 2 types of cell division?&choe=UTF-8
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What biological catalysts are responsible for driving DNA replication?&choe=UTF-8
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What do we call it when a newly replicated DNA strand contains half of an old strand of DNA?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the process that causes small changes in the allele frequency of a population?&choe=UTF-8
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What is it called when changes in allele frequency build up over time and can result in a new species being formed?&choe=UTF-8
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