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. Who made Christmas trees popular in Great Britain? | Christmas Trees were first popularized the UK by Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria | 2. What might the children do with there letters to santa? | Children write letters to Father Christmas listing their requests, but sometimes instead of putting them in the post, the letters are tossed into the fireplace. The draught carries the letters up the chimney and Father Christmas reads the smoke. | 3. When is the main Christmas meal usually eaten? | In the UK, the main Christmas Meal is usually eaten at lunchtime or early afternoon on Christmas Day | 4. Where are the children’s stockings hung? | These are normally hung up by the fire or by the children's beds on Christmas Eve. | 5. What is the traditional Christmas meal? | It was traditionally roast beef or goose, although it's common to have turkey now, roast vegetables and 'all the trimmings' which means stuffing and sometimes bacon and sausages. Dessert is often Christmas Pudding. Mince pies and lots of chocolates are often eaten as well | 6. What is the story of why we hang stockings? | Father Christmas once dropped some gold coins while coming down the chimney. The coins would have fallen through the ash grate and been lost if they hadn't landed in a stocking that had been hung out to dry. Since that time children have continued to hang out stockings in hopes of finding them filled with gifts. | 7. When does Boxing Day take place? | December 26, the day after Christmas | 8. What do the children usually leave out for Father Christmas? | Children sometimes leave out mince pies and brandy for Father Christmas to eat and drink when he visits them |
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