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. Biology is the study of what? | Life | 2. What is homeostasis? | the maintenance of a constant internal environment | 3. Living things have changed over time so they can survive in their environment. What is this called? | Adaptation | 4. Organize the following into the correct order: Hypothesis, Conclusion, Experiment, Observations, Record Results | observations, hypothesis, experiment, record results, conclusion | 5. What is the difference between an observation and an inference? | inference is conclusion drawn from observations | 6. How do you write a hypothesis? | If...then... statement | 7. What is the difference between a theory and a law? | law is proven, theory is not | 8. Define quantitative data. Give two examples of quantitative data. | numbers or measuring something | 9. Define qualitative data. Give two examples of qualitative data. | describing something | 10. What is the small glass or plastic piece that is used to cover a water drop on a slide? | coverslip | 11. Where does the independent variable go on a graph? | x axis | 12. This type of graph is most useful in representing information that changes over time | line graph | 13. List the 3 subatomic particles and list their charges. | proton (positive), neutron (neutral), electrons (negative) | 14. What subatomic particle is located outside the nucleus of an atom? | 15. Draw a water molecule and include charges on appropriate atoms. | hydrogens (+), oxygen (-) | 16. List 5 properties of water. | universal solvent, high specific heat, density, high surface tension, capillary action | 17. When is water LEAST dense? | solid form | 18. What is the subunit/monomer of a carbohydrate? | monosaccharide | 19. What are two functions of lipids? | longterm energy storage, insulation | 20. Name the biomolecule that has amino acids as a subunit/monomer | protein | 21. Do enzymes change in a reaction? | No | 22. What is the place on the enzyme where the substrate binds? | active site | 23. What does organic mean biologically? | contains carbon | 24. Glycerol + ____________ is the subunit (monomer) of lipids? | fatty acids | 25. What type of biomolecule makes up cell membranes? | lipids | 26. What type of carbohydrate makes up the exoskeleton of insects? | chitin | 27. What are two things that can cause an enzyme to stop working? | heat, pH change | 28. Name the first person to view living cells under a microscope. | Anton van Leeuwenhoek | 29. The basic unit of all living organisms is called... | the cell | 30. This type of cell sends signals through the body via electrical impulses. | nerve cell | 31. This type of cell carries oxygen through the blood stream. | red blood cells | 32. This type of cell consumes bacteria and fights diseases in the body. | white blood cells | 33. Give 3 characteristics of prokaryotes. | no nucleus, no organelles, small, simple | 34. Give 3 characteristics of eukaryotes. | nucleus, organelles, large, complex | 35. This is a porous membrane surrounding the nucleus. | nuclear envelope/membrane | 36. What is another word for DNA? | chromatin | 37. Where ribosomes are made. | nucleolus | 38. What organelle synthesizes materials and transports them inside the cell? | ER | 39. Describe the function of the Golgi Apparatus. | packages substances and sends them to the cell membrane | 40. This organelle is utilized by plants to convert sunlight into glucose. | chloroplast | 41. What is responsible for maintaining homeostasis of a cell? | cell membrane | 42. Name two structures that assist in movement of a cell. | cilia and flagella | 43. What are the two kingdoms of bacteria? | eubacteria and archaebacteria | 44. What part of the phospholipid is in contact with water? Heads or tails? | heads | 45. What type of transport requires no proteins, no energy, and allows water to pass through the cell membrane? | osmosis | 46. What type of transport requires proteins, but no energy? | facilitated diffusion | 47. What type of transport requires proteins and energy and helps things to enter the cell?d | endocytosis | 48. Define equilibrium. | occurs when the concentration of a solute is the same on both sides of the membrane. | 49. This type of osmotic solution occurs when there is a higher concentration of water inside the cell. Water moves from high to low concentration and causes the cell to shrink. | hypertonic solution | 50. Show the levels of organization from smallest to largest. | cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism |
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