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. The foundation of medical terms is | Greek and Latin | 2. The science of the origin and development of words is called | etymology | 3. _________ are words named after people | Eponyms | 4. The main part of the medical term is the | word root | 5. _________________ tell “how, why, where, when, how much, how many, position, direction, time. or status” | prefixes | 6. __________ tell us what is happening with a specific body part or system | suffixes | 7. The combination of a word root with the combining vowel is called the | combining form | 8. The three elements of a medical term are the | word root, prefix, and suffix | 9. A part of the small intestine is the | ileum | 10. ____________ is part of the pelvic or hip bone | ilium | 11. The two tubes leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder are called the | ureters | 12. In medical terms the ch sounds like | k | 13. The plural form for appendix is | appendices | 14. The plural form for axilla is | axillae | 15. The plural form of phalanx is | phalanges | 16. The term epigastric means | pertaining to above the stomach | 17. The term pericarditis means | inflammation around the heart | 18. The word root for artery is | arteri/o | 19. The word root for bone is | oste/o | 20. The word root for muscle is | my/o | 21. The prefix brady- means | slow | 22. The prefix intra- means | between | 23. The prefix tachy- means | fast | 24. The suffix meaning enlarged is | -megaly | 25. The suffix -plasty means | surgical repair | 26. The suffix meaning the surgical removal of is | -ectomy | 27. The abbreviation NPO means | nothing by mouth | 28. The abbreviation for twice a day or two times a day is | bid | 29. The abbreviation for whenevery necessary is | prn |
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