QR Challenge: 8th Gr. PSSA Science Challenge

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 are the six characteristics of living things?	answer
2. The maintenance of a stable internal environment is called __________.	answer2
3. An organism that consists of a single cell without a nucleus is called a __________.	answer3
4. The mushrooms on pizza, yeast used to make bread, and the cause of athlete's foot are __________.	answer4
5. __________ is a process by which organisms use sunlight to produce food from carbon dioxide and water.	answer5
6. Three structures that plant cells have which animal cells do not have are: __________, __________, and __________.	answer6
7. The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food is called __________.	answer7
8. The __________ is the process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb thermal energy and radiate it back to Earth.	answer8
9. The four processes of the water cycle are: __________, __________, __________, and __________.	answer9
10. A tool used to measure air temperature is called a __________. A __________ is an instrument used to measure air pressure.	answer10
11. On a weather map, a blue line with a triangle represents a __________. A red line with half-circles represents a __________.	answer11
12. All animals are __________, which means they are made of many cells.	answer12
13. The __________ part of the environment consists of nonliving factors such as water, soil, light, and temperature. The living part of the environment is called __________.	answer13
14. A consumer that eats only plants is called a __________. A consumer that only eats animals is called a __________. Consumers known as __________ eat both plants and animals.	answer14
15. In a food web, which way does the arrow point?	answer15
16. Identify the eight land biomes.	answer16
17. What is the difference between a renewable resource and a nonrenewable resource?	answer17
18. What are the three main types of rock?	answer18
19. Name the three layers of the Earth.	answer19
20. The supercontinent that contained all of the continents 245 million years ago is called __________.	answer20
21. A boundary where two tectonic plates collide is called __________. A boundary where two tectonic plates separate is called __________.	answer21
22. An __________ is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above an earthquake's starting point.	answer22
23. The area surrounding the Pacific Ocean, where volcanoes are numerous due to tectonic boundaries, is called the __________.	answer23
24. A push or pull that changes the motion of an object is called a __________.	answer24
25. Explain Newton's First Law of Motion.	answer25
26. The diffusion of water, which is a passive transport process, is called __________.	answer26
27. __________ is the study of heredity - the passing of traits from parents to offspring.	answer27
28. In heredity, the __________ trait commonly hides, or overpowers, the recessive trait.	answer28
29. Two names for the genotype Bb are: __________ and __________.	answer29
30. Deoxyribonucleic Acid is abbreviated as __________. Its four nitrogen bases are: __________, __________, __________, and __________.	answer30

 

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