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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
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| 1. Converts sugars into useable energy (ATP) for the cell | mitochondria | 2. Manufactures a variety of proteins needed by the cell | ribsomes | 3. Directs all cell processes | nucleus | 4. Used by animal cells during cell division | centioles | 5. Controls what enters and leaves the cell | cell membrane | 6. Digest food, worn out cell organelles, bacteria and viruses | lysosomes | 7. Synthesizes ribosomes | nucleolus | 8. Modifies and packages proteins into vesicles | golgi body | 9. Temporarily stores water, wastes and other materials | vacuoles | 10. Converts light energy into chemical energy | chloroplast | 11. Provides structure and support to plant cells | cell wall | 12. Where are ribosomes located in the cell | cytoplasm and rough er | 13. What are the three organelles found in a plant cell, but not in an animal cell | cell wall, chloroplast, central vacuole | 14. A cell that lacks a nucleus | prokaryotic cell | 15. A prokaryotic cell that has a cell wall | bacterial cell |
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