QR Challenge: Chemistry scavenger hunt
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
1. An element |
|
2. A heterogeneous mixture |
| 3. A homogenous mixture |
| 4. A gas-liquid solution |
| 5. A malleable substance |
| 6. A solid-liquid solution |
| 7. A substance which has a volume of 1 cm3 |
| 8. An edible example of a physical change |
| 9. An edible example of a chemical change |
| 10. A pure compound which contains ionic bonds |
| 11. A pure compound which contains covalent bonds |
| 12. A mixture that can be separated by filtration |
| 13. A mixture that can be separated by some other method than filtration |
| 14. A substance with a density less than 1g/mL |
| 15. A substance with a density more than one |
| 16. A substance which contains a polyatomic ion |
| 17. An acid |
| 18. A metal |
| 19. A non-metal |
| 20. An inert gas |
| 21. An alkaline earth metal |
| 22. Immiscible liquids |
| 23. A toy which demonstrates a physical change |
| 24. The result of a chemical change |
| 25. A mole |
| 26. A base with a pH greater than 9 |
| 27. | A polymer |
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_element
Question 1 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_heterogeneous_mixture
Question 2 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_homogenous_mixture
Question 3 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_gas-liquid_solution
Question 4 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_malleable_substance
Question 5 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_solid-liquid_solution
Question 6 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_substance_which_has_a_volume_of_1_cm3
Question 7 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_edible_example_of_a_physical_change
Question 8 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_edible_example_of_a_chemical_change
Question 9 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_pure_compound_which_contains_ionic_bonds
Question 10 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_pure_compound_which_contains_covalent_bonds
Question 11 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_mixture_that_can_be_separated_by_filtration
Question 12 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_mixture_that_can_be_separated_by_some_other_method_than_filtration
Question 13 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_substance_with_a_density_less_than_1g/mL
Question 14 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_substance_with_a_density_more_than_one
Question 15 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_substance_which_contains_a_polyatomic_ion
Question 16 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_acid
Question 17 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_metal
Question 18 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_non-metal
Question 19 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_inert_gas
Question 20 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_alkaline_earth_metal
Question 21 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Immiscible_liquids
Question 22 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_toy_which_demonstrates_a_physical_change
Question 23 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_result_of_a_chemical_change
Question 24 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_mole
Question 25 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_base_with_a_pH_greater_than_9
Question 26 (of 27)
Chemistry scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=
Question 27 (of 27)