QR Challenge: Lab Tools 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. This is used to measure volume with limited accuracy | Beaker
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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 |
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_is_used_to_measure_volume_with_limited_accuracy
Question 1 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_is_used_to_measure_a_specific_volume_2
Question 2 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_is_used_to_sterilize_lab_equipment_with_high_temperature_steam_baths_3
Question 3 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=You_should_always_conduct_chemical_reactions_under_one_of_these4
Question 4 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_picking_up_a_hot_beaker_you_should_use_one_of_these5
Question 5 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=To_hatch_chicks_eggs_must_be_placed_in_one_of_these6
Question 6 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Prepared_slides_can_be_kept_in_one_of_these7
Question 7 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=To_keep_enzymes_and_cultures_at_appropriate_temperatures_we_use_this8
Question 8 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=We_use_these_to_heat_samples_in_the_lab9
Question 9 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_culturing_tissues_often_these_are_used_to_hold_samples_rather_than_touch_them10
Question 10 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_is_used_to_put_out_fires11
Question 11 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_you_ever_get_something_in_your_eyes_you_should_use_this_to_wash_them_out12
Question 12 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Samples_can_be_dried_out_to_determine_their_true_mass_in_this13
Question 13 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mass_is_measured_using_this14
Question 14 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_is_used_to_dispose_of_broken_and/or_used_glass15
Question 15 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=These_plastic_bottles_can_be_used_to_wash_samples16
Question 16 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_sheet_is_placed_over_a_slide_to_view_under_a_microscope17
Question 17 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=These_are_used_to_culture_bacteria18
Question 18 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_can_be_used_to_rapidly_spin_a_sample_to_seperate_it_based_on_mass19
Question 19 (of 20)
Lab Tools Scavenger hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_is_placed_on_the_stage_of_a_microscope_to_view_a_specimen20
Question 20 (of 20)
