QR Challenge: Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt
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. Group 18 and Period 3 | Argon
|
2. Group 11 and Period 6 | Gold
| 3. Group 1 and Period 2 | Lithium
| 4. Group 17 and Period 5 | Iodine
| 5. Group 13 and Period 6 | Thallium
| 6. Group 16 and Period 4 | Selenium
| 7. Atomic Number 74 | Tungsten
| 8. Atomic Number 15 | Phosphorus
| 9. Atomic Number 8 | Oxygen
| 10. Atomic Number 6 | Carbon
| 11. Atomic Number 30 | Zinc
| 12. Atomic Number 23 | Vanadium
| 13. Atomic Number 56 | Barium
| 14. Atomic Symbol U | Uranium
| 15. Atomic Symbol Es | Einsteinium
| 16. Atomic Symbol As | Arsenic
| 17. Atomic Symbol S | Sulfur
| 18. Atomic Symbol Sb | Antimony
| 19. Atomic Symbol He | Helium
| 20. Atomic Symbol Kr | Krypton
| 21. Atomic Symbol Xe | Xenon |
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Group_18_and_Period_3
Question 1 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Group_11_and_Period_6
Question 2 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Group_1_and_Period_2
Question 3 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Group_17_and_Period_5
Question 4 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Group_13_and_Period_6
Question 5 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Group_16_and_Period_4
Question 6 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Number_74
Question 7 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Number_15
Question 8 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Number_8
Question 9 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Number_6
Question 10 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Number_30
Question 11 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Number_23
Question 12 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Number_56
Question 13 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Symbol_U
Question 14 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Symbol_Es
Question 15 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Symbol_As
Question 16 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Symbol_S
Question 17 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Symbol_Sb
Question 18 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Symbol_He
Question 19 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Symbol_Kr
Question 20 (of 21)
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Atomic_Symbol_Xe
Question 21 (of 21)