QR Challenge: The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell
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. The two parts of protein synthesis. | transcription and translation
|
2. The three stop codons of mRNA are... | UAA,UGA,UAG
| 3. The site of protein synthesis is | ribosome
| 4. Transcription occurs in the... | nucleus
| 5. The conversion of DNA into RNA is | transcription
| 6. The conversion of RNA into protein is | translation
| 7. When a single base pair is mismatched, this occurs. | point mutation
| 8. When a nucleotide is removed or inserted in DNA, this occurs. | frameshift mutation
| 9. The three bases on RNA that encodes for an amino acid. | codon
| 10. The three nucleotide base of a t-RNA that is called | an anticodon
| 11. The three types of RNA are | tRNA, mRNA, rRNA
| 12. Ribosomes are primarily made of this type of RNA. | rRNA
| 13. This type of RNA reads the mRNA and brings in the correct amino acid. | tRNA
| 14. This enzyme is responsible for transcribing DNA into RNA. | RNA polymerase
| 15. What is the DNA triplet that encodes for amino acid TRYPTOPHAN? | ACC
| 16. UV, X-ray, and gamma rays radiation and toxins are examples of | mutagens
| 17. The three parts of an RNA nucleotide are | ribose, phosphate, and a nitrogen base
| 18. The four nitrogen bases of RNA are | A, C, G, U |
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_two_parts_of_protein_synthesis.
Question 1 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_three_stop_codons_of_mRNA_are...
Question 2 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_site_of_protein_synthesis_is
Question 3 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Transcription_occurs_in_the...
Question 4 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_conversion_of_DNA_into_RNA_is
Question 5 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_conversion_of_RNA_into_protein_is
Question 6 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_a_single_base_pair_is_mismatched,_this_occurs.
Question 7 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_a_nucleotide_is_removed_or_inserted_in_DNA,_this_occurs.
Question 8 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_three_bases_on_RNA_that_encodes_for_an_amino_acid.
Question 9 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_three_nucleotide_base_of_a_t-RNA_that_is_called
Question 10 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_three_types_of_RNA_are
Question 11 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Ribosomes_are_primarily_made_of_this_type_of_RNA.
Question 12 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_type_of_RNA_reads_the_mRNA_and_brings_in_the_correct_amino_acid.
Question 13 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_enzyme_is_responsible_for_transcribing_DNA_into_RNA.
Question 14 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_DNA_triplet_that_encodes_for_amino_acid_TRYPTOPHAN?
Question 15 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=UV,_X-ray,_and_gamma_rays_radiation_and_toxins_are_examples_of
Question 16 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_three_parts_of_an_RNA_nucleotide_are
Question 17 (of 18)
The Flow of Genetic Material In a Cell: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_four_nitrogen_bases_of_RNA_are
Question 18 (of 18)