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
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
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!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
1. In 1981, Bob and Doug McKenzie released their own version of a classic Christmas song. Which song is that? | The twelve days of Christmas | 2. What animated 2004 film is about a train that carries kids to the North Pole on Christmas Eve? | The Polar Express | 3. In the TV special “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” what three words best describe the Grinch? | Stink, stank, stunk | 4. What well-known Christmas carol became the first song ever broadcast from space in 1965? | Jingle Bells | 5. In what modern-day country was Saint Nicholas born? | Turkey | 6. What figure from English folklore came to be associated with Santa Claus? | Father Christmas | 7. According to legend, what holiday goodies were shaped to resemble a shepherd’s staff, as a way to remind children of the shepherds who visited baby Jesus? | Candy canes | 8. How many reindeer are featured in the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas?” | Eight (no Rudolph!) | 9. What Bing Crosby song is the best-selling single ever? | White Christmas | 10. What much-reviled Christmas edible is known for its long shelf life? | Fruitcake |
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