QR Challenge: lab equipment

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. used to enlarge an image	Compound Light Microscope
2. supports an item being examined under the microscope	Microscope Slide
3. holds liquids while they are being stirred or heated	Beaker
4. used for heating solids	Evaporating Dish
5. assists in transferring liquids to containers with smaller openings	Funnel
6. holds liquids for observation or testing	Test Tubes
7. dispenses known volumes of liquids	Pipet pump
8. used to hold or lift specimens	Forceps
9. containers used for "strong" heating	Crucible
10. used for rinsing solids out of a container	Wash Bottle
11. used for picking up crucibles & crucible covers only	Crucible Tongs
12. holds test tubes while heating	Test Tube Holder
13. used to store solutions	Erlenmeyer Flask
14. used for cutting specimens being dissected	scalpel
15. used for weighing substances	Triple Beam Balance
16. used to measure temperature	thermometer
17. holds specimen being dissected	Dissecting Pan
18. used to transfer small amounts of liquids	Eyedropper
19. used to grind solids into powders	Mortar & Pestle
20. adds additional support for containers held on tripods or O-rings	Wire Gauze

 

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