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. In the camera app take a picture of each group members worst grumpy Grinch face | 1 | 2. Discuss the following questions. Choose one group member to hold the iPad and record your answers to the following questions on the camera app. Choose another member to answer the question: Who is the main character in the Grinch that stole Christmas? | 2 | 3. In the camera app record a message about what makes your grumpy. | 3 | 4. Discuss the following questions. Choose one group member to hold the iPad and record your answers to the following questions on the camera app. Choose another member to answer the questions:Where did the Grinch take the Who’s Christmas? | 4 | 5. Help the Grinch get back to his cave! Give each group member a maze to help the Grinch find his way back home. | 5 | 6. 1 Minute Match Game! Taking turns, each group member finds a pair of rhyming words from The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Choose one group member to be the timer (this person will not play the game). | 6 | 7. The Grinch ate too many Christmas cookies and now he needs to exercise. Have one of your group members press the timer on the smartboard. Do 1 minute of jumping jacks, then do 1 minute of little jumps. | 7 | 8. Discuss the following questions. Choose one group member to hold the iPad and record your answers to the following questions on the camera app. Choose another member to answer the question: What was the Grinch’s awful idea? | 8 | 9. In the camera app record a message for the Grinch about the true meaning of Christmas. | 9 | 10. Discuss the following questions. Choose one group member to hold the iPad and record your answers to the following questions on the camera app. Choose another member to answer the questions:What 3 things does the Grinch hate most about Christmas? | 10 | 11. In the story, the Grinch could not find a reindeer so he used his dog. If you could not find a reindeer (or a dog) what would you use? Draw a picture of your reindeer on the page “My Reindeer” | 11 |
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