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. 1. What did the other reindeer not let Rudolph do because of his shiny nose? | Join in any reindeer games | 2. 2. How many total gifts were given in the 12 days of Christmas song? | 364 gifts | 3. 3. In The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, the Grinch was described using which three words? | stink, stank, stunk | 4. 4. How do you say "Merry Christmas" in Spanish? | Feliz Navidad | 5. 5. What popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving? | Jingle Bells | 6. 6. Of all the popular Christmas songs, which is the best-selling single of all time? | White Christmas | 7. 7. In the carol, "It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas," what is the prettiest sight to see? | The holly that will be on your front door | 8. 8. What Christmas song has the line, "I don't know if there'll be snow, but have a cup of cheer?" | Holly Jolly Christmas | 9. 9. In 1953, this Christmas song was Eartha Kitt's biggest hit of her career. | Santa Baby | 10. 10. Why do I want my two front teeth for Christmas? | So I could wish you Merry Christmas! | 11. 11. The Grinch is as cuddly as a what? | cactus | 12. 12. Finish the lyric - "I just want you for my own / More than you could ever know / Make my wish come true / _________7 words_______ | All I want for Christmas is You | 13. 13. "What's" roasting on an open fire? | Chestnuts | 14. 14. Name the song based on this lyric. "O tidings of Comfort and joy" | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | 15. 15. Name the song based on this lyric. "Come on, it's lovely weather." | Sleigh Ride | 16. 16. "The Christmas Song" was written during which season? | summer | 17. 17. What is the oldest Christmas song? | O Come, O Come Emmanuel | 18. 18. "Silent Night" was originally written in which language? | German | 19. 19. "Last Christmas" I gave you my what? | heart | 20. 20. Which country streams the most Christmas music? A. Canada B. The US C. The UK | C. The UK | 21. 21. In "Let It Snow," if you do this, then all the way home I'll be warm. | if you really hold me tight | 22. 22. Elvis Presley recorded what sad song in the fifties? | Blue Christmas | 23. 23. What song is full of threats and warnings about Santa Claus? | Santa Claus is coming to Town | 24. 24. Name all of Santa's reindeer. | Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph | 25. 25. Whose eyes were made of coal? | Frosty |
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