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. How many Reindeer does Santa have for his sleigh? | Nine | 2. What are the names of Santa’s Reindeer? | Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph | 3. Where was Jesus Born? | Stable in Bethlehem | 4. Who followed the North star to bring gifts to Jesus? | The 3 Wisemen | 5. What were the 3 gifts the Wisemen brought? | Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh | 6. Who is the grumpy old man from “A Christmas Carol?” | Ebenezer Scrooge | 7. Who wrote the song “Jingle Bells”? | James Lord Pierpont | 8. During which week of advent do you light the pink candle? | Third week | 9. Name three Christmas Carol Songs | lots of answers | 10. Go to a junior high class on the third floor and sing one verse of “We wish you a merry Christmas!” | no answer | 11. Who wrote the Christmas song “Silent night” and in what year? | 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber | 12. In the song “the Twelve days of Christmas, what is the gift given on the second day? | Two Turtle Doves | 13. In the Song “The Twelve days of Christmas” what is the gift given on the 5th day? | 5 Golden Rings | 14. What happens to Frosty the Snowman if his hat falls off? | he turns back into a regular snowman | 15. What does the word Advent mean? | ”To come to” or the coming of Christ | 16. How many weeks is advent celebrated for? | 4 weeks | 17. Who Played Santa in “The Santa Claus Movie in 1994? | Tim Allen | 18. What were the three Wisemen’s names? | Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar | 19. Who played the Grinch in the real life version of “How the Grinch stole Christmas? | Jim Carrey | 20. What year was the Cartoon version of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” first released | 1966 |
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