QR Challenge: Science Week 2014
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. 1 What is the name of the biggest part of the human brain? | Cerebrum
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2. 2 The colored part of the human eye that controls how much light passes through the pupil is called the? | iris
| 3. 3 What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment? | melanin
| 4. 4 The muscles found in the front of your thighs are known as what? | quadriceps
| 5. 5 True or false? The two chambers at the bottom of your heart are called ventricles. | true
| 6. 6 Earth is located in which galaxy? | the Milky Way
| 7. 7 What is the name of the first satellite sent into space? | Sputnik
| 8. 8 Ganymede is a moon of which planet? | Jupiter
| 9. 9 What is the name of Saturn’s largest moon? | Titan
| 10. 10 Famous New Zealand scientist Ernest Rutherford was awarded a Nobel Prize in which field? | chemistry
| 11. 11 What is the chemical symbol for gold? | Au
| 12. 12 K is the chemical symbol for which element? | potassium
| 13. 13 What orbits the nucleus of an atom? | electrons
| 14. 14 At room temperature, what is the only metal that is in liquid form? | mercury
| 15. 15 Which is hotter, the center of the earth or surface of the sun? | the centre of the earth
| 16. 16 What do you call molten rock before it has erupted? | magma
| 17. 17 The Great Barrier Reef is found off the coast of which country? | Australia
| 18. 18 Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on which planet? | Mars
| 19. 19 What famous islands west of Ecuador were extensively studied by Charles Darwin? | Galapagos
| 20. 20 Do male or female mosquitoes bite people? | Female |
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1_What_is_the_name_of_the_biggest_part_of_the_human_brain?
Question 1 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=2_The_colored_part_of_the_human_eye_that_controls_how_much_light_passes_through_the_pupil_is_called_the?
Question 2 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=3_What_is_the_name_of_the_substance_that_gives_skin_and_hair_its_pigment?
Question 3 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=4_The_muscles_found_in_the_front_of_your_thighs_are_known_as_what?
Question 4 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=5_True_or_false?_The_two_chambers_at_the_bottom_of_your_heart_are_called_ventricles.
Question 5 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=6_Earth_is_located_in_which_galaxy?
Question 6 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=7_What_is_the_name_of_the_first_satellite_sent_into_space?
Question 7 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=8_Ganymede_is_a_moon_of_which_planet?
Question 8 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=9_What_is_the_name_of_Saturn’s_largest_moon?
Question 9 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=10_Famous_New_Zealand_scientist_Ernest_Rutherford_was_awarded_a_Nobel_Prize_in_which_field?
Question 10 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=11_What_is_the_chemical_symbol_for_gold?
Question 11 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=12_K_is_the_chemical_symbol_for_which_element?
Question 12 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=13_What_orbits_the_nucleus_of_an_atom?
Question 13 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=14_At_room_temperature,_what_is_the_only_metal_that_is_in_liquid_form?
Question 14 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=15_Which_is_hotter,_the_center_of_the_earth_or_surface_of_the_sun?
Question 15 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=16_What_do_you_call_molten_rock_before_it_has_erupted?
Question 16 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=17_The_Great_Barrier_Reef_is_found_off_the_coast_of_which_country?
Question 17 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=18_Olympus_Mons_is_a_large_volcanic_mountain_on_which_planet?
Question 18 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=19_What_famous_islands_west_of_Ecuador_were_extensively_studied_by_Charles_Darwin?
Question 19 (of 20)
Science Week 2014: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=20_Do_male_or_female_mosquitoes_bite_people?
Question 20 (of 20)