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. What season does Tet mark the start of? | Spring | 2. Where do many people travel to? | Their ancestral home | 3. What tree do people often decorate their house with? | Cumquat Tree | 4. What things does the Jade Emperor bless the family with? | Honey and fruit | 5. Which god do families say farewell to seven days before the new year? | The Kitchen God | 6. What happens in temples at the start of the new year? | Bells ringing with prayers | 7. Why do people explode fireworks at new year? | scare away evil spirits | 8. Who do people visit on day 2 of the new year? | They visit the mother’s family. | 9. What do people avoid doing in the house at new year and why? | They don’t clean because this sweeps away the good luck! | 10. What treat do children receive in the new year? | They receive lucky money. |
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