QR Challenge: Lab Equipment Scavenger Hunt!

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. Beaker; milliliters	The name and unit of the object that holds liquids and gives ballpark estimates
2. Transferring small amounts of a liquid	What can an eye dropper/pipette be used for?
3. Microscope	The name of the lab equipment that magnifies microscopic objects
4. Inches and centimeters	What units does a ruler measure in?
5. None	Unit of test tube holder
6. Triple beam balance	What piece of lab equipment measures the mass of an object?
7. Protecting clothing in the lab	Use of an apron
8. Erlenmeyer flask	used for mixing chemicals in
9. Milliliters	units of graduated cylinder
10. Measure temperature	use of a thermometer
11. None	unit of test tube
12. Protect eyes in the lab	use of safety goggles
13. Petri Dish	name of equipment used for growing and viewing microorganisms

 

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