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. This is the first person to appear in Mark's Gospel. Mark 1:4 | John the Baptist | 2. This is Mary's cousin, who will also bear a son. Luke 1:36 | Elizabeth | 3. The angel proclaims this to the shepherds. Luke 2:10 | Good News | 4. This is the name of St. Joseph's father. Matthew 1:16 | Jacob | 5. These were Jesus' first visitors. Luke 2:15 | Shepherds | 6. What does Emmanual mean? Matthew 1:23 | God is with us | 7. What town was Jesus born? Luke 2:15 | Bethlehem | 8. In what town did Mary and Joseph live? Luke 1:26 | Nazareth | 9. Who came to Joseph in a dream? Matthew 1:20 | An Angel of the Lord | 10. What will the hungry receive? Luke 1:53 | Good things | 11. Who brings a message to Mary? Luke 1:26 | Gabriel | 12. What name was given to Mary's child? Luke 2:21 | Jesus | 13. What king wanted Baby Jesus dead? Matthew 2:16 | Herod | 14. From what direct did the Magi come? Matthew 2:21 | East | 15. St. Joseph belonged to this family. Luke 2:4 | David |
This is the first person to appear in Mark's Gospel. Mark 1:4&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 15)
This is Mary's cousin, who will also bear a son. Luke 1:36&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 15)
The angel proclaims this to the shepherds. Luke 2:10&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 15)
This is the name of St. Joseph's father. Matthew 1:16&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 15)
These were Jesus' first visitors. Luke 2:15&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 15)
What does Emmanual mean? Matthew 1:23&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 15)
What town was Jesus born? Luke 2:15&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 15)
In what town did Mary and Joseph live? Luke 1:26&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 15)
Who came to Joseph in a dream? Matthew 1:20&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 15)
What will the hungry receive? Luke 1:53&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 15)
Who brings a message to Mary? Luke 1:26&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 15)
What name was given to Mary's child? Luke 2:21&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 15)
What king wanted Baby Jesus dead? Matthew 2:16&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 15)
From what direct did the Magi come? Matthew 2:21&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 15)
St. Joseph belonged to this family. Luke 2:4&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 15)
