QR Challenge: Compound 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. table salt | NaCl
|
2. Epsom salts | magnesium sulfate
| 3. compound that makes cakes rise | baking soda
| 4. table salt substitute | KCl
| 5. acid found in Italian salad dressing | acetic acid
| 6. battery acid | sulfuric acid
| 7. universal solvent | water
| 8. makes soda bubble | carbon dioxide
| 9. element that makes balloons float | helium
| 10. sand | silicon dioxide
| 11. rust | Iron (III) oxide
| 12. milk of magnesia | magnesium hydroxide
| 13. washing soda | sodium carbonate
| 14. silver tarnish | silver sulfide
| 15. patina on the statue of liberty | copper (II) sulfate
| 16. gas that smells like rotten eggs | hydrogen sulfide
| 17. main ingredient in Windex | ammonia
| 18. table sugar | sucrose
| 19. vanilla | C8H8O3
| 20. bleach | NaClO
| 21. what you cant have until you are 21 | ethyl alcohol
| 22. active ingredient in asprin | acetylscalicylic acid
| 23. acid used as an antisceptic and is also a flame retardant | boric acid
| 24. drain cleaner | sodium hydroxide
| 25. compound that makes up egg shells | calcium carbonate
| 26. main ingredient in liquid paper | titanium (IV) oxide
| 27. what were mothballs traditionally made out of | naphthalene
| 28. quicklime | CaO
| 29. smelling salts | (NH4)2CO3
| 30. vitamin that is found in orange juice | vitamin C |
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=table_salt
Question 1 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Epsom_salts
Question 2 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=compound_that_makes_cakes_rise
Question 3 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=table_salt_substitute
Question 4 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=acid_found_in_Italian_salad_dressing
Question 5 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=battery_acid
Question 6 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=universal_solvent
Question 7 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=makes_soda_bubble
Question 8 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=element_that_makes_balloons_float
Question 9 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=sand
Question 10 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=rust
Question 11 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=milk_of_magnesia
Question 12 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=washing_soda
Question 13 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=silver_tarnish
Question 14 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=patina_on_the_statue_of_liberty
Question 15 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=gas_that_smells_like_rotten_eggs
Question 16 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=main_ingredient_in_Windex
Question 17 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=table_sugar
Question 18 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=vanilla
Question 19 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=bleach
Question 20 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=what_you_cant_have_until_you_are_21
Question 21 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=active_ingredient_in_asprin
Question 22 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=acid_used_as_an_antisceptic_and_is_also_a_flame_retardant
Question 23 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=drain_cleaner
Question 24 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=compound_that_makes_up_egg_shells
Question 25 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=main_ingredient_in_liquid_paper
Question 26 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=what_were_mothballs_traditionally_made_out_of
Question 27 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=quicklime
Question 28 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=smelling_salts
Question 29 (of 30)
Compound Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=vitamin_that_is_found_in_orange_juice
Question 30 (of 30)