QR Challenge: Lab Tools Scavenger hunt

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. This is used to measure volume with limited accuracy	Beaker
2. This is used to measure a specific volume 2	Graduated Cylinder2
3. This is used to sterilize lab equipment with high temperature steam baths 3	autoclave/Bioclave3
4. You should always conduct chemical reactions under one of these4	fume hood4
5. When picking up a hot beaker you should use one of these5	hot hand5
6. To hatch chicks eggs must be placed in one of these6	incubator6
7. Prepared slides can be kept in one of these7	Slide Box7
8. To keep enzymes and cultures at appropriate temperatures we use this8	refrigerator8
9. We use these to heat samples in the lab9	Bunsen burner9
10. When culturing tissues often these are used to hold samples rather than touch them10	forceps10
11. This is used to put out fires11	fire extinguisher11
12. If you ever get something in your eyes you should use this to wash them out12	Eye wash station12
13. Samples can be dried out to determine their true mass in this13	Lab oven13
14. Mass is measured using this14	scale 14
15. This is used to dispose of broken and/or used glass15	large/small glass disposal box15
16. These plastic bottles can be used to wash samples16	wash bottles16
17. This sheet is placed over a slide to view under a microscope17	coverslip17
18. These are used to culture bacteria18	Petri Dishes with Agar18
19. This can be used to rapidly spin a sample to seperate it based on mass19	Centrifuge19
20. This is placed on the stage of a microscope to view a specimen20	slide20

 

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