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 Christmas story, Mary is described as being a virgin. Virgin births are possible due to the modern science of IVF, what do the initials IVF stand for? | In vitro fertilisation | 2. Assuming one mince pie (250kcal) and one 50ml glass of sherry per household (58kcal). How many calories would Santa consume if he had this at every house in Bolton? (there are 108,085 households in Bolton according to the last census) | (250+58)x108,085 = 33290180 | 3. One of the gifts the 3 Wise Men brought to the baby Jesus was gold. What is the chemical symbol for the element gold? | Au | 4. Reindeer are ruminants (just like cows). How many chambers do their stomach’s have? | 4 | 5. A Christmas candle releases energy as both heat and light but what form was the energy in originally, before the candle was lit? | Chemical energy | 6. Currants, raisins and sultanas are dried fruits often found in Christmas cakes. What fruit were they before they were dried? | Grapes | 7. Brussel sprouts contain a chemical called Sulforaphane which has the formula C6H11NOS2. How many different elements are there in Sulforaphane? | 5 | 8. In which part of the plant does a Christmas tree (fir tree) store its seeds? | cone | 9. In the song ‘The 12 days of Christmas’, how many different species of birds are mentioned? | 6 (Partridge, Colly Bird, Dove, French Hen, Swan, Geese) | 10. The 3 kings (Magi) used camels for transport. What is a camel’s hump filled with? | fat |
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