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 company was the first to use Santa Claus in an advertisement? | Coca-Cola | 2. Which president was the first to decorate the White House for Christmas? | Franklin Pierce | 3. From which country did the gingerbread house come? | Germany | 4. About what kind of Christmas does Elvis Presley sing? | Blue | 5. In what year was "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, published? | 1843 | 6. What is the name of the Grinch's dog in the movie "How the Grinch Stole Christmas?" | Max | 7. Where was "A Christmas Carol" written? | United Kingdom | 8. Which reindeer helps Rudolph fly at the reindeer games? | Clarice | 9. Which reindeer is Rudolph's dad? | Donner | 10. Which Christmas movie has been played more than any other? | It's a Wonderful Life |
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