QR Challenge: HO HO HO MERRY 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. Which popular Christmas beverage is also called “milk punch?”	Eggnog
2. How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?	Four
3. What soda company often uses Santa Claus in their Christmas advertising?	Coca-Cola
4. What are you supposed to do when you find yourself under the mistletoe?	Kiss
5. Which one of Santa’s reindeer has the same name as another holiday mascot?	Cupid
6. What was the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time?	Home Alone
7. What popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving?	Jingle Bells
8. What was Santa Claus’ traditional English name?	Father Christmas
9. What do some say that Santa Claus puts in kids’ stockings if they misbehave?	A lump of coal
10. How many times does Santa check his list to find to who is naughty and who is nice?	Twice

 

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