QR Challenge: Dates of Holidays

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. Christmas Day December 25	December 25
2. John the Baptist Day June 24	John the Baptist Day
3. Feast of the Assumption August 15	Feast of the Assumption
4. Three King's Day January 6	Three King's Day
5. Cinco de mayo May 5	Cinco de mayo
6. President's Day February 19	President's Day
7. Venezuelan Independence Day July 5	Venezuelan Independence Day
8. Flag Day June 14	Flag Day
9. Día de la Raza October 9	Día de la Raza
10. Battle of Boquerón September 7	Battle of Boquerón
11. Día de los Muertos November 2	Día de los Muertos
12. Day of the Dead November 2	Day of the Dead
13. Halloween October 31	Halloween
14. Mexico's Independence Day September 16	Mexico's Independence Day
15. Mrs. C's Birthday September 18	Mrs. C's Birthday
16. Memorial Day May 28	Memorial Day
17. Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 15	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
18. George Washington's Birthday February 19	George Washington's Birthday
19. Columbus Day October 8	Columbus Day
20. Labor Day September 4	Labor Day
21. Inauguration Day January 20	Inauguration Day
22. Canada Day July 1	Canada Day
23. Kwanzaa December 26	Kwanzaa
24. Mardi Gras February 13	Mardi Gras
25. World Braille Day January 4	World Braille Day
26. Darwin Day February 12	Darwin Day
27. International Women's Day March 8	International Women's Day
28. Earth Day April 22	Earth Day

 

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