QR Challenge: ecology Grade 9 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. Question1 What is biodiversity and name three Canadian organizations that protect biodiversity?	123
2. Question 2 An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air, water and mineral soil), interacting as a system. List two ecosystems in the community that have a high biodiversity and two ecosystems that have a low biodiversity.	123
3. Question 3 Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off", and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally. Take a picture of a deciduous leaf.	123
4. Question 4 Coniferous trees are any of the various mostly needle-leaved or scale-leaved, chiefly evergreen, cone-bearing gymnospermous trees or shrubs such as pines. Take a picture of a coniferous leaf. What is the advantage of this leaf shape?	123
5. Question 5 An angiosperm is a flowering plant. Take a picture of a flowering plant. What function does a flower serve?	123
6. Question 6 Gymnosperms are cone bearing plants, such as pine tress. The seeds of these plants develop within the cone. Take a picture of a cone.	123
7. Question 7 Deciduous tress produce many different types of seeds. Maple trees seeds are sometimes referred to as "helicopters" Take a picture of a maple tree seed.	123
8. Question 8 Herbivore are organisms that feed on plant material. Take a picture of a herbivore.	123
9. Question 9 Invasive species come from other countries or regions and are called "exotic" or "alien" when they move outside their native habitat. Not all exotic species are harmful, but those that threaten our environment, economy or society by disrupting local ecosystems are known as "invasive species." Take a picture of an invasive species such as garlic mustard or purple loosestrife.	123
10. Question 10 An endangered species is a species of organisms facing a very high risk of extinction. Give two examples of endangered species in Ontario. What is causing their decline?	123
11. Question 11 Aquatic food chains must all start with a producer, just like terrestrial food chains. Take a picture of an aquatic autotroph	123
12. Question 12 Burlington closes King road each spring to protect an endangered salamander. What is the name of this salamander and why does the road need to be closed?	123
13. Question 13 Weed is a subjective term used in a variety of senses, usually to describe a plant considered undesirable within a certain context. The word—commonly applied to unwanted plants in human-controlled settings. Take a picture of a weed	123
14. Question 14 Local extinction, or extirpation, is the condition of a species (or other taxon) which ceases to exist in the chosen geographic area of study. Research 4 extirpated species in Canada.	123
15. Question 15 Photosynthesis is the process of converting light energy to chemical energy and storing it in the bonds of sugar. write the chemical equation for photosynthesis and take a picture of sugar!	123
16. Question 16 Respiration is the opposite process of photosynthesis. Carbon dioxide is given off. Take a picture of someone respiring. What else is given off in this process?	123
17. Question 17 Carbon dioxide balance in an ecosystem is often disrupted due to man's activities. Take a picture of how man is disrupting this balance and contributing to global warming.	123

 

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