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QR Challenge: The Brain

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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

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 brain's oldest region; begins where the spinal cord swells slightly after entering the skullBrainstem
2. The swelling at the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathingMedulla
3. Located at the top of the brainstem, this is the brain's sensory switchboardThalamus
4. This network of neurons extends from your spinal cord into your thalamus and filters messages traveling from your body to your brainreticular formation
5. This lies at the rear of the brainstem and controls balance and voluntary movementsCerebellum
6. In between the brainstem and the cerebral hemispheres of the brain lies what regionThe limbic system
7. The area of the limbic system that is linked to emotion, aggression, and fearAmygdala
8. This small structure in the limbic system regulates thirst, hunger, and body temperatureHypothalamus
9. What do we call the thin layer of interconnected neurons covering the two hemispheres of the brainCerebral cortex
10. What do we call the four lobes of the brainfrontal lobes, parietal lobes, occipital lobes,temporal lobes
11. The more sensitive a body region, the larger the ...Area of sensory cortex devoted to it
12. The part of the brain that receives information from visual fields (eyes)Occipital lobes
13. A person struggling with forming words may have experienced damage to what region of the brainBroca's Area
14. A person experiencing difficulty with understanding words may have damaged what region of the brainWernicke's Area
15. What do we call the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheresCorpus Collosum
16. If an accident leaves you unable to read, write, speak, or understand others, you probably experienced damage to which hemispherethe left hemisphere

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_brain's_oldest_region;_begins_where_the_spinal_cord_swells_slightly_after_entering_the_skull

Question 1 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_swelling_at_the_base_of_the_brainstem;_controls_heartbeat_and_breathing

Question 2 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Located_at_the_top_of_the_brainstem,_this_is_the_brain's_sensory_switchboard

Question 3 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_network_of_neurons_extends_from_your_spinal_cord_into_your_thalamus_and_filters_messages_traveling_from_your_body_to_your_brain

Question 4 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_lies_at_the_rear_of_the_brainstem_and_controls_balance_and_voluntary_movements

Question 5 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_between_the_brainstem_and_the_cerebral_hemispheres_of_the_brain_lies_what_region

Question 6 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_area_of_the_limbic_system_that_is_linked_to_emotion,_aggression,_and_fear

Question 7 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_small_structure_in_the_limbic_system_regulates_thirst,_hunger,_and_body_temperature

Question 8 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_do_we_call_the_thin_layer_of_interconnected_neurons_covering_the_two_hemispheres_of_the_brain

Question 9 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_do_we_call_the_four_lobes_of_the_brain

Question 10 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_more_sensitive_a_body_region,_the_larger_the_...

Question 11 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_part_of_the_brain_that_receives_information_from_visual_fields_(eyes)

Question 12 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_person_struggling_with_forming_words_may_have_experienced_damage_to_what_region_of_the_brain

Question 13 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_person_experiencing_difficulty_with_understanding_words_may_have_damaged_what_region_of_the_brain

Question 14 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_do_we_call_the_large_band_of_neural_fibers_connecting_the_two_brain_hemispheres

Question 15 (of 16)

 



The Brain: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_an_accident_leaves_you_unable_to_read,_write,_speak,_or_understand_others,_you_probably_experienced_damage_to_which_hemisphere

Question 16 (of 16)