QR Challenge: Chinese New Year Quiz

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

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!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

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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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Question 1: How many animals are in the Chinese zodiac?	12
2. Question 2: Which year of the zodiac was it in 1980?	Monkey
3. Question 3: Which country also celebrates the Chinese New Year, but calls it Tet?	Vietnam
4. Question 4: What is the monster's name?	Nian
5. Question 5: What are you not allowed to do on New Year's Day?	Shower
6. Question 6: What is in red envelopes?	Money
7. Question 7: When is Chinese New Year this year?	5th February
8. Question 8: How long is the whole celebration?	15 days
9. Question 9: Which colour wards off evil spirits?	Red
10. Question 10: What zodiac animal will it be in 2020?	Rat

 

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