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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
1. 1. Alternate forms of a gene | Alleles | 2. 2. A linear or circular strand of compressed DNA that contains genes | Chromosome | 3. 3. Allele that completely masks the presence of a trait in a heterozygote; Ex: Dd | Dominant | 4. 4. Allele only exhibited when an trait is homozygous; Ex: dd | recessive | 5. 5.The physical characteristics of an individual | Phenotype | 6. 6. The genetic make up of an individual | Genotype | 7. 7. A tool used to predict the genotypes and phenotypes of offspring | Punnett Square | 8. 8. Occurs when chromosomes fail to separate evenly during meiosis | nondisjunction | 9. 9. Traits that are only found on the X chromosome | Sex linked | 10. 10. A tool used to determine the probability of a genetic disorder being passed down to offspring | Pedigree | 11. 11. Occurs when one extra copy of a chromosome is present | trisomy | 12. 12. The Father of Genetics | Gregor Mendel |
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