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. 1. The first Halloween lanterns were carved out of turnips rather than pumpkins | true | 2. 2. The fear of Halloween is called Samhainophobia | true | 3. 3. Vampire bats can be found in the wild in Pembrokeshire | false | 4. 4. Iwan Rheon auditioned for the role of Edward in Twilight | false | 5. 5. Scenes from American Warefwolf were filmed in Wales | true | 6. 6. If you see a spider on Halloween it means that spirits are watching | false | 7. 7. A group of witches is called a little mix | false | 8. 8. You can get pumpkins in colours other than orange | true | 9. 9. People have traditionally dressed up on Halloween to scare away evil spirits | true | 10. 10.Hallow means saint in old English | true | 11. 11.The name of the ghost who roamed Hogwarts was named Nearly Legless Louis | false | 12. 12. Three quarters of the candy handed out on Halloween night is chocolate | true | 13. 13. Originally, you had to dance for your treat on Halloween | true | 14. 14.In a few American towns, Halloween is referred to as cabbage night | true | 15. 15. The average pumpkin contains about 200 seeds | false | 16. 16. 50% of parents admit to sneaking and eating some of their kids' Halloween candy | false | 17. 17.The largest pumpkin on record weighed over 2,000 pounds | true | 18. 18. Pumpkins are a vegetable | false | 19. 19. There is a places in the states called Candy Town and Spook City | true | 20. 20. Valentine's day candy sales are greater than Halloween candy sales | false |
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