QR Challenge: Acids/Bases
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. produces hydrogen ion when dissolved in water | acid
|
2. produces hydroxide ion when dissolved in water | base
| 3. taste bitter | base
| 4. reacts with metals and carbonates | acids
| 5. turns red litmus paper blue | base
| 6. taste sour | acid
| 7. turns blue litmus paper red | acid
| 8. wearing away of a metal element due to a chemical reaction | corrosion
| 9. ions containing both carbon and oxygen that react with acids | carbonates
| 10. atom of hydrogen that has lost an electron; produced by acids in water | hydrogen ion
| 11. low pH | acids
| 12. high pH | bases
| 13. an acid with a very low pH (0-4) | strong acid
| 14. a base with a very high pH (10-14) | strong base
| 15. feels slippery | base
| 16. strength of a base | alkalinity
| 17. potential for hydrogen | pH
| 18. ranges from 0-14; measures the strength of acids or bases | pH scale
| 19. reaction between an acid and base; produces water and salt | neutralization
| 20. compound that changes color in the presence of an acid or base | indicator
| 21. pH indicator that changes color when placed in an acid or base | litmus paper
| 22. solution of mostly water | aqueous
| 23. substance with pH of 7 | neutral |
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=produces_hydrogen_ion_when_dissolved_in_water
Question 1 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=produces_hydroxide_ion_when_dissolved_in_water
Question 2 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=taste_bitter
Question 3 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=reacts_with_metals_and_carbonates
Question 4 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=turns_red_litmus_paper_blue
Question 5 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=taste_sour
Question 6 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=turns_blue_litmus_paper_red
Question 7 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=wearing_away_of_a_metal_element_due_to_a_chemical_reaction
Question 8 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=ions_containing_both_carbon_and_oxygen_that_react_with_acids
Question 9 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=atom_of_hydrogen_that_has_lost_an_electron;_produced_by_acids_in_water
Question 10 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=low_pH
Question 11 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=high_pH
Question 12 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=an_acid_with_a_very_low_pH_(0-4)
Question 13 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=a_base_with_a_very_high_pH_(10-14)
Question 14 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=feels_slippery
Question 15 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=strength_of_a_base
Question 16 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=potential_for_hydrogen
Question 17 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=ranges_from_0-14;_measures_the_strength_of_acids_or_bases
Question 18 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=reaction_between_an_acid_and_base;_produces_water_and_salt
Question 19 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=compound_that_changes_color_in_the_presence_of_an_acid_or_base
Question 20 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=pH_indicator_that_changes_color_when_placed_in_an_acid_or_base
Question 21 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=solution_of_mostly_water
Question 22 (of 23)
Acids/Bases: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=substance_with_pH_of_7
Question 23 (of 23)