QR Challenge: St Patricks Day idiom with Luck

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. IDIOM: "Luck of the draw" - Ex: You can't choose who you are going to fight against in the competition; it's "the luck of the draw".	1
2. IDIOM: "Murphy's law" - Ex: Chloe: I waited patiently for the train for over an hour, but as soon as I went to the toilet, it arrived and I had to wait another 2 hours for the next one. Mike: That's "Murphy's law" for you!	1
3. IDIOM: "A lucky streak" - Ex: We are "on a lucky streak". We have won the last six games in a row. I hope it doesn't end soon.	1
4. IDIOM: "A blessing in disguise" - Ex: Anna: If I had got the job in Google, I wouldn't have met my husband while working for Microsoft. Julie: Yeah, it was "a blessing in disguise".	1
5. IDIOM: "Third Time Lucky" - Ex: I've failed my driving test twice, but I'm hoping it will be a case of "third time lucky tomorrow".	1
6. IDIOM: "As luck would have it" - Ex: I had forgotten my wallet, so I had no bus fare and was miles from home, but "as luck would have it", I bumped into Carla and she gave me a lift home.	1
7. IDIOM: "Push one's luck" - Ex: Mattheus: Thanks for lending me the car dad. Any chance you could give me money for petrol? Greg: "Don't push your luck!"	1
8. IDIOM: "Beginner's luck" - Ex: Juan: She'd never played poker before, but she won a fortune. She's brilliant. Susie: Ah, it was just "beginner's like" - I reckon.	1

 

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