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.
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1. What does Advent mean in Latin? | Coming | 2. How many Sundays in Advent? | 4 | 3. Boxing Day is the 26th December. Where did this day of celebration originate? | United Kingdom | 4. Traditionally Boxing Day was: (A) A day where it was legal to bet on boxing matches. (B) A day to clean away all the boxes from the presents given on Christmas day. OR (C) The day where collection boxes were opened so that the contents could be shared amongst the poor people. | C | 5. What is Santa Claus called in China? | Shen Dan Lao Ren | 6. Where in the world was mistletoe first hung as a Christmas decoration? | Britain | 7. Where in the world does St Nicholas deliver presents to children on the 5th of December? | Holland | 8. Where in the world does Babouschka bring gifts to children? | Russia | 9. Where in the world did the real St Nicholas live? Was it The North Pole, Malta or Turkey. | Turkey | 10. Where in the world do they celebrate Christmas Eve with the "Feast of the Seven Fishes"? | Italy | 11. Where in the world do people wish each other "Joyeux Noel" at Christmas time? Is it France, Spain, Russia or USA? | France | 12. Where in the world is it a custom to hide all the brooms in the house on Christmas Eve to prevent witches from stealing them for a midnight ride? | Norway |
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