QR Challenge: Merry Christmas

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. 1)Which Charles Dickens character had 3 spirits come to visit him on Christmas Eve night?	Scrooge
2. 2)‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a ___________. Finish the sentence	mouse
3. 3) What did naughty children traditionally get in their stockings?	Coal
4. 4) Sire Henry Cole invented which Christmas item, the card, mince pie or crackers?	the card
5. 5) Name the 9 reindeer that pull Santa’s sleigh	Dancer, Dasher, Donner, Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Vixen
6. 6) The Snowman is a popular Christmas story by the author Charles Dickens	False
7. 7)Robins have a yellow belly not red	False
8. 8)Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband, brought the first Christmas tree to England in 1846 from Germany	True
9. 9)In medieval times a special candle was lit every night of the twelve days of Christmas	True
10. 10)Christmas crackers were invented by Tom Smith, a London sweet maker, in 1846	True
11. 11)What is St. Stephens day also know as?	Boxing Day
12. 12) What is the name of the red stomached bird associated with Christmas?	Robin
13. 13) What is the traditional meat served with Christmas dinner?	Turkey
14. 14)What plant do you traditionally kiss under at Christmas?	Mistletoe
15. 15)Who helps Santa make the toys?	Elves
16. 16) Away in a _______	manger
17. 17) God rest ye Merry _______	Gentlemen
18. 18) Oh Little Town of _______	Bethlehem
19. 19) Little ______	Donkey
20. 20) We wish you a merry ______	Christmas
21. 21) Where does Santa Claus live?	Lapland
22. 22) What is a Poinsetta?	the official flower of Christmas
23. 23) What country decorates mango and banana trees at Christmas?	India
24. 24) Which rugby playing country near to Australia calls their Christmas trees a Pohutukawa?	New Zealand
25. 25) Who were Balthazar,Melchior and Caspar?	three wise men
26. 26) What colour is the Grinch?	Green
27. 27) Which singer sang 'All I want for Christmas'?	Mariah Carey
28. 28) What is the period leading up to Christmas called?	Advent
29. 29) How many gold rings did my true love give to me?	five
30. 30) How do you say Happy Christmas in French?	Joyeux Noel

 

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