QR Challenge: Common Household Chemicals
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. Ethanol | alchohol
|
2. Sodium bicarbonate | alka seltzer
| 3. Ethylene | Antifreeze
| 4. Aluminum Chlorohydrate | antiperspirant deodorant
| 5. Sodium hypochlorite | bleach
| 6. Acetylsalicylic acid | aspirin
| 7. Sodium hydroxide | lye drain cleaner
| 8. Magnesium sulfate | Epsom salt
| 9. Sodium bicarbonate | baking soda
| 10. Acetic acid | vinegar
| 11. Magnesium hydroxide | milk of magnesia
| 12. Sodium chloride | table salt
| 13. Dihydrogen monoxide | water
| 14. Sucrose | sugar
| 15. Iron oxide | rust
| 16. Silicon dioxide | sand, Quartz
| 17. Ascorbic acid | Vitamin C
| 18. Naphthalene | moth balls
| 19. Sulfuric acid | car battery acid
| 20. Acetaminophen | tylenol
| 21. Acetone | nail polish remover/paint thinner |
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ethanol
Question 1 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Sodium_bicarbonate
Question 2 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ethylene
Question 3 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Aluminum_Chlorohydrate
Question 4 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Sodium_hypochlorite
Question 5 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Acetylsalicylic_acid
Question 6 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Sodium_hydroxide
Question 7 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Magnesium_sulfate
Question 8 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Sodium_bicarbonate
Question 9 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Acetic_acid
Question 10 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Magnesium_hydroxide
Question 11 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Sodium_chloride
Question 12 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Dihydrogen_monoxide
Question 13 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Sucrose
Question 14 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Iron_oxide
Question 15 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Silicon_dioxide
Question 16 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ascorbic_acid
Question 17 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Naphthalene
Question 18 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Sulfuric_acid
Question 19 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Acetaminophen
Question 20 (of 21)
Common Household Chemicals: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Acetone
Question 21 (of 21)