QR Challenge: Advent and Christmas

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. After learning that King Herod was going to kill the babies in Bethlehem, Joseph took Mary and Jesus to	n/a
2. An Hispanic custom of acting out Mary and Joseph looking for an inn in Bethlehem	n/a
3. Means God is with us	n/a
4. Elizabeth’s husband	n/a
5. What happened to Zachary after he was told that Elizabeth was going to have a baby	n/a
6. Began the custom of the Nativity scene or crèche	n/a
7. Teaching that the Son of God was born of the Virgin Mary and became man	n/a
8. Mary was conceived without original sin	n/a
9. Mary’s cousin	n/a
10. The wise men	n/a
11. Means the coming	n/a
12. Joseph’s reaction when he found out Mary was going to have a baby	n/a
13. Gospels that tell about Jesus’ birth	n/a
14. Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem for the	n/a
15. Witnessed Jesus’ presentation in the temple	n/a
16. Mary wrapped the baby Jesus in swaddling clothes and placed Him in a(n)	n/a
17. Mysteries of the rosary that includes the Nativity	n/a
18. King of Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth	n/a
19. The sign in the sky that led the wise men to Jesus	n/a
20. Jesus’ cousin who was born six months before Him	n/a
21. Angel who announced to Mary that she would be the mother of Jesus	n/a
22. Gifts the wise men brought for Jesus	n/a
23. French word for Christmas	n/a
24. Shows the family tree of Jesus	n/a
25. Feast celebrating the three kings visiting Jesus	n/a
26. The Sunday between Christmas and New Year’s	n/a
27. The number of Sundays in Advent	n/a
28. Feast celebrating Angel Gabriel’s announcement that Mary would be the mother of Jesus	n/a
29. Feast celebrating Mary’s appearance to Juan Diego in Mexico	n/a

 

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