QR Challenge: Mr. Dean's Computer Hardware Practice Quiz!

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. The physical components of a computer usually contained within the computer's main case or tower	Hardware
2. A set of instructions written in computer code that tells your device's hardware what to do, the computer's "programs"	Software
3. The hardware component of a computer where it stores data for long-term use	Hard Drive
4. Short for Random Access Memory, a type of computer memory that is used for short-term data storage	RAM
5. Short for Central Processing Unit, a chip that functions as the brains of the computer	CPU
6. Also called a logic board or mainboard, a board with electrical circuits printed on it that holds many components essential for a computer’s function, like the CPU and graphics card	Motherboard
7. A hardware card in your computer that processes and outputs images to the computer's monitor	Graphics Card
8. A hardware card in your computer that processes and outputs sound	Sound Card
9. Any device capable of entering data or inputting information into a computer	Input Device
10. Any device capable of getting data our or outputting information from a computer	Output Device

 

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