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. What are Vitamins? | A group of complex organic compounds required in small amounts. | 2. Are vitamins made in the body?2 | They are not synthesized in the body so essential in the diet2 | 3. Which Vitamins are FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS?3 | A, D, E, K 3 | 4. Which vitamins are WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINS?4 | B group & C 4 | 5. What is RHODOPSIN?5 | This is a pigment found in the retina of the eye, and it is necessary for vision in dim light. (visual purple)5 | 6. Which vitamin is needed for the maintenance and health of the skin?6 | Vitamin A 6 | 7. What is XEROPHTHALMIA?7 | Tear glands become blocked, bacterial invasion (conjunctivitis) and permanent scarring of the cornea of the eye – could be a result of a lack of vitamin A 7 | 8. This vitamin is a reducing agent and therefore can convert non-haem iron (Fe3+) to haem iron (Fe2+), which vitamin am I?8 | Vitamin C 8 | 9. What is the result of excessive intakes of vitamin C supplements?9 | very large doses are taken, it can lead to kidney stones 9 | 10. Which vitamin is responsible for MEGALOBLASTIC ANAEMIA?10 | Folic Acid 10 | 11. How much and for how long should a supplement of folic acid be taken?11 | daily supplement of 400 mg/day of folic acid from the start of trying to conceive to the 12th week of pregnancy. 11 | 12. Why do we call Vitamin D the sunshine vitamin?12 | Vitamin D is formed by the action of sunlight (UV) on 7-dehydrocholesterol in the skin. Amount varies according to latitude, time spent in the sun and degree of pigmentation of skin (dark skin synthesises less). 12 | 13. What is osteomalacia? 13 | bones become demineralised and soft which results in pain, brittle bones 13 | 14. Which vitamin is associated with RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA?14 | Vitamin E 14 | 15. What is RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA?15 | serious eye disease caused by the action of oxygen on developing blood vessels in the baby’s eyes. 15 | 16. What type of anaemia is caused by a lack of Vitamin B12?16 | Pernicious anaemia16 | 17. This Vitamin is involved in the metabolism of amino acids and protein synthesis, including the conversion of tryptophan to niacin? Who am I?17 | Vitamin B6 17 | 18. Why do we need vitamin K?18 | Vitamin K is needed to help regulate blood clotting, it is derived from the German word “Koagulation”. There are ten blood clotting factors needed for blood to clot normally, four of these factors depend on Vitamin K for their formation. Vitamin K is a component of Prothrombin (a protein in the blood). 18 | 19. What is Beri-Beri?19 | Dry Beri-Beri = fatigue, heaviness, stiffness in legs, mood changes, paralysis (improper function of nervous system) Wet Beri-Beri = excessive fluid which impacts unpin heart, fluid in lungs (diff breathing), brain damage and psychosis. (Beriberi rarely occurs in Western Diets, although it has been found in anorexics and alcoholics. A high intake of alcohol increases the requirement as thiamin is needed to break down alcohol in the body.) 19 | 20. What is Pellagra?20 | Deficiency of Niacin – the 4D’s (dermatitis, dementia, diarrhoea, death!) See super Summary Sheet20 |
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