QR Challenge: The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. Something that is not tested during the investigation | control
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2. Two identical experiments are carried out side-by-side; in one of the experiments the independent variable being tested is used, in the other experiment, the control, or the independent variable is not used | controlled experiment
| 3. Variables that are kept constant to prevent influencing the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable | controlled variables
| 4. Involves determining a single fact from a general statement | deduction
| 5. Changes in response to the independent variable | dependent variable
| 6. A test that is used to eliminate one or more of the possible hypotheses until one hypothesis remains | experiment
| 7. A suggested explanation based on evidence that can be tested by observation or experimentation | hypothesis
| 8. Factor(s) whose values are controlled by the experimenter to determine its relationship to an observed phenomenon (the dependent variable) | independent variable
| 9. Involves determining a general statement that is very likely to be true, from several facts | induction
| 10. The act of noting or detecting phenomenon through the senses. For example, noting that a room is dark is an observation made through sight | observation
| 11. Is any occurrence that is observable | phenomenon
| 12. Based on gathering observable, empirical (produced by experiment or observation) and measurable evidence that is critically evaluated | scientific methods
| 13. Questions claims based on their scientific verifiability rather than accepting claims based on faith or anecdotes | scientific skepticism
| 14. A factor that can change over the course of an experiment | variable |
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Something_that_is_not_tested_during_the_investigation
Question 1 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Two_identical_experiments_are_carried_out_side-by-side;_in_one_of_the_experiments_the_independent_variable_being_tested_is_used,_in_the_other_experiment,_the_control,_or_the_independent_variable_is_not_used
Question 2 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Variables_that_are_kept_constant_to_prevent_influencing_the_effect_of_the_independent_variable_on_the_dependent_variable
Question 3 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Involves_determining_a_single_fact_from_a_general_statement
Question 4 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Changes_in_response_to_the_independent_variable
Question 5 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_test_that_is_used_to_eliminate_one_or_more_of_the_possible_hypotheses_until_one_hypothesis_remains
Question 6 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_suggested_explanation_based_on_evidence_that_can_be_tested_by_observation_or_experimentation
Question 7 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Factor(s)_whose_values_are_controlled_by_the_experimenter_to_determine_its_relationship_to_an_observed_phenomenon_(the_dependent_variable)
Question 8 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Involves_determining_a_general_statement_that_is_very_likely_to_be_true,_from_several_facts
Question 9 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_act_of_noting_or_detecting_phenomenon_through_the_senses._For_example,_noting_that_a_room_is_dark_is_an_observation_made_through_sight
Question 10 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Is_any_occurrence_that_is_observable
Question 11 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Based_on_gathering_observable,_empirical_(produced_by_experiment_or_observation)_and_measurable_evidence_that_is_critically_evaluated
Question 12 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Questions_claims_based_on_their_scientific_verifiability_rather_than_accepting_claims_based_on_faith_or_anecdotes
Question 13 (of 14)
The Nature of Science Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_factor_that_can_change_over_the_course_of_an_experiment
Question 14 (of 14)
