QR Challenge: Get to know Biology Lab Equipment
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. Used to enlarge an image | Compound Light Microscope
|
2. Supports an item being examined under the microscope2 | Microscope slide2
| 3. Usually holds liquids while they are being stirred or heated3 | Beaker3
| 4. Used to measure the volume of liquids4 | Graduated cylinder
| 5. Protects eyes from damaging substances or fumes5 | Goggles5
| 6. Used to cap a flask6 | Stopper6
| 7. Used for grasping hot test tubes7 | Test tub clamp7
| 8. If someone catches on fire, wrap this around them8 | Fire blanket8
| 9. Go hear if you get a chemical in your eye9 | Eyewash9
| 10. Measures in meters10 | Ruler10
| 11. Measures in grams11 | Electric balance11
| 12. If there were a fire in the trash can, grab this12 | Fire extinguisher12
| 13. Exit the classroom, and proceed to the down the staircase to your immediate right. Once outside, walk straight towards the grass by the big tree and wait for your teacher there13 | Fire drill plan13
| 14. Used during dissections to cut into a specimen14 | Scapel14
| 15. If you need to pick up something tiny, use these15 | Forceps15 |
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Used_to_enlarge_an_image
Question 1 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Supports_an_item_being_examined_under_the_microscope2
Question 2 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Usually_holds_liquids_while_they_are_being_stirred_or_heated3
Question 3 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Used_to_measure_the_volume_of_liquids4
Question 4 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Protects_eyes_from_damaging_substances_or_fumes5
Question 5 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Used_to_cap_a_flask6
Question 6 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Used_for_grasping_hot_test_tubes7
Question 7 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_someone_catches_on_fire,_wrap_this_around_them8
Question 8 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Go_hear_if_you_get_a_chemical_in_your_eye9
Question 9 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Measures_in_meters10
Question 10 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Measures_in_grams11
Question 11 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_there_were_a_fire_in_the_trash_can,_grab_this12
Question 12 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Exit_the_classroom,_and_proceed_to_the_down_the_staircase_to_your_immediate_right._Once_outside,_walk_straight_towards_the_grass_by_the_big_tree_and_wait_for_your_teacher_there13
Question 13 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Used_during_dissections_to_cut_into_a_specimen14
Question 14 (of 15)
Get to know Biology Lab Equipment: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=If_you_need_to_pick_up_something_tiny,_use_these15
Question 15 (of 15)