QR Challenge: Halloween Treasure Hunt

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. In which country did Halloween originate?	Ireland
2. What was the name of Dracula’s sidekick?	Renfield
3. From which words did ‘bonfire’ originate?	Bone and Fire
4. What does the name Dracula mean?	Son of the Devil or Son of the dragon
5. What was Dracula’s real name?	Vlad the Impaler
6. Which phobia means you have an intense fear of Halloween?	Samhainophobia
7. Out of which vegetable were Jack O’ Lanterns originally made?	Turnips
8. According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween, what will you see?	Your future husband or wife
9. From which region in the world do pumpkins originate?	Central America
10. What is a male witch called?	Warlock
11. What was Dr. Frankenstein's first name?	Victor
12. What did the Druids sacrifice to the Gods?	Humans
13. What do guests at a Halloween party bob for?	apples
14. Who wrote the novel Frankenstein?	Mary Shelley
15. Transylvania is a region in which country?	Romania
16. Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?	Fruit
17. According to superstition, a person born on Halloween has what particular ability?	The ability to see and talk to spirits
18. Pumpkins can be orange, white, green, or what other color?	Blue

 

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