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. When is “El Dia de los muertos” celebrated? | El a de los muertos is celebrated October 31st through November 2. | 2. What does “El Dia de los muertos” mean in English? | El Dia de los muertos means "The day of the dead." | 3. Where is “El Dia de los muertos” celebrated? | El Dia de los muertos is celebrated in Mexico and in many other Latin American countries. | 4. What does “El Dia de los muertos” celebrate? | El Dia de los muertos celebrates the life of someone that has passed away. It is a celebration to honor the memories you have with the person that has passed. | 5. Does your family have any cultural celebrations similar to “El Dia de los muertos”? | Different answers. | 6. What is the mood of the celebration? | The mood of El Dia de los muertos is very cheery and light-hearted. There are bright and flamboyant decorations to celebrate the lives of those that have passed. | 7. What is an “altar”? | An altar is a gathering of offerings that represent the person that has passed. A box or table can be used as the base and it can be covered with a table cloth. Popular items that are part of an altar can be: marigold flowers, water, the favorite food and/or clothes of the person that has passed. | 8. What is an “ofrenda”? | An ofrenda is any object that you want to offer to the person that has passed to take on their journey into the afterlife. These offerings can represent the favorite objects of the person that has passed or they can be anything that reminds you of the memories you created with that person. | 9. What is a “calavera”? | A calavera is a skull. Calaveras can be made of sugar candy or colored paper. These are made to represent the person that has passed and they are decorated with bright and flashy colors. | 10. Create your own altar and calavera. You can offer it to someone or make one that represents you. | Independent work. |
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