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.
Question | Answer |
1. Which organelle is found only in animal cells and helps the cell divide by pulling chromosomes to opposite ends of the cell? | centriole | 2. Which cellular structure is found in all cells and carries out protein synthesis? | ribosomes | 3. Which cellular structure provides support and protection to plant, bacteria, and fungal cells? | cell wall | 4. Which scientist concluded all plants are made of cells? | Schleiden | 5. Which organelle is responsible for modifying, sorting, and packaging molecules into vesicles either for storage or transport? | Golgi bodies | 6. Which cellular structure houses DNA and controls the activities of the cell? | nucleus | 7. Which type of cell does not have a nucleus nor membrane-bound organelles? | prokaryotic | 8. Which scientist concluded cells come from pre-existing cells through the process of cell division? | Virchow | 9. Which organelle is found in plant cells and carries out the process of photosynthesis? | chloroplast | 10. Which organelle generates cellular energy (ATP) through the process of cellular respiration? | mitochondrion | 11. Which cellular structure is composed of a phospholipid bilayer and controls what enters and exits all cells? | cell membrane | 12. Which scientist was the first use a microscope to view living organisms from a sample of pond water? | Leeuwenhoek | 13. Which cellular structure is responsible for making ribosomes? | nucleolus | 14. Which organelle is found primarily in animal cells and uses digestive enzymes to rid the cell of waste, bacteria, and worn-out organelles? | lysosomes | 15. Which type of cell houses it DNA inside a nucleus? | eukaryotic | 16. Which scientist concluded all animals are made of cells? | Schwann | 17. Which cellular structure provides shape to all cells and aids in the movement of organelles? | cytoskeleton | 18. Which organelle is a network of tubules that helps transports proteins and lipids throughout the cell? | endoplasmic reticulum | 19. Which organelle is larger in plant cells and is responsible for storing water, waste, and nutrients? | vacuole | 20. Which scientist was the first to name and describe cells? | Hooke | 21. Which cellular structure is a jelly-like substance that houses organelles and serves as a site for numerous chemical reactions? | cytoplasm |
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