QR Challenge: Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations
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. 1. natural selection |
|
2. 2. number 1a |
| 3. 3. selective breeding |
| 4. 4. presence of antennae |
| 5. 5. camouflage |
| 6. 6. It white fur helps it to blend in to its environment. |
| 7. 7. Hollow bones make birds lighter to help with flight. |
| 8. 8. wind |
| 9. 9. dichotomous key |
| 10. 10. animals fur or human clothing |
| 11. 11. pollination |
| 12. 12. Two |
| 13. 13. Adaptations |
| 14. 14. identical to the parent |
| 15. 15. Dark colored moths increased over time due to natural selection15 | 15
| 16. 16. extract oxygen from the water. |
| 17. 17. natural selection |
| 18. 18. feather colors |
| 19. 19. High genetic variation which makes a species better able to adapt to environmental change. |
| 20. 20. asexual |
| 21. 21. selective breeding |
| 22. 22. the green insects are able to hide from predators by blending in with the green leaf.22 | 22
| 23. 23. mechanical to chemical to light |
| 24. 24. migration |
| 25. 25. external structures |
| 26. 26. they eat different things |
| 27. 27. True |
| 28. 28. polar |
| 29. 29. True |
| 30. 30. to be able to survive different environments | |
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1._natural_selection
Question 1 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=2._number_1a
Question 2 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=3._selective_breeding
Question 3 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=4._presence_of_antennae
Question 4 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=5._camouflage
Question 5 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=6.__It_white_fur_helps_it_to_blend_in_to_its_environment.
Question 6 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=7.__Hollow_bones_make_birds_lighter_to_help_with_flight.
Question 7 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=8._wind
Question 8 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=9. dichotomous_key
Question 9 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=10. animals_fur_or_human_clothing
Question 10 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=11. pollination
Question 11 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=12. Two
Question 12 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=13. Adaptations
Question 13 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=14._identical_to_the_parent
Question 14 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=15. Dark_colored_moths_increased_over_time_due_to_natural_selection15
Question 15 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=16._extract_oxygen_from_the_water.
Question 16 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=17._natural_selection
Question 17 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=18._feather_colors
Question 18 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=19._High_genetic_variation_which_makes_a_species_better_able_to_adapt_to_environmental_change.
Question 19 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=20._asexual
Question 20 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=21._selective_breeding
Question 21 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=22._the_green_insects_are_able_to_hide_from_predators_by_blending_in_with_the_green_leaf.22
Question 22 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=23._mechanical_to_chemical_to_light
Question 23 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=24._migration
Question 24 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=25._external_structures
Question 25 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=26._they_eat_different_things
Question 26 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=27._True
Question 27 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=28._polar
Question 28 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=29._True
Question 29 (of 30)
Unit 12 - Genetic Variation and Adaptations: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=30._to_be_able_to_survive_different_environments
Question 30 (of 30)