QR Challenge: Advent and Christmas
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
1. After learning that King Herod was going to kill the babies in Bethlehem, Joseph took Mary and Jesus to | n/a
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2. An Hispanic custom of acting out Mary and Joseph looking for an inn in Bethlehem | n/a
| 3. Means God is with us | n/a
| 4. Elizabeth’s husband | n/a
| 5. What happened to Zachary after he was told that Elizabeth was going to have a baby | n/a
| 6. Began the custom of the Nativity scene or crèche | n/a
| 7. Teaching that the Son of God was born of the Virgin Mary and became man | n/a
| 8. Mary was conceived without original sin | n/a
| 9. Mary’s cousin | n/a
| 10. The wise men | n/a
| 11. Means the coming | n/a
| 12. Joseph’s reaction when he found out Mary was going to have a baby | n/a
| 13. Gospels that tell about Jesus’ birth | n/a
| 14. Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem for the | n/a
| 15. Witnessed Jesus’ presentation in the temple | n/a
| 16. Mary wrapped the baby Jesus in swaddling clothes and placed Him in a(n) | n/a
| 17. Mysteries of the rosary that includes the Nativity | n/a
| 18. King of Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth | n/a
| 19. The sign in the sky that led the wise men to Jesus | n/a
| 20. Jesus’ cousin who was born six months before Him | n/a
| 21. Angel who announced to Mary that she would be the mother of Jesus | n/a
| 22. Gifts the wise men brought for Jesus | n/a
| 23. French word for Christmas | n/a
| 24. Shows the family tree of Jesus | n/a
| 25. Feast celebrating the three kings visiting Jesus | n/a
| 26. The Sunday between Christmas and New Year’s | n/a
| 27. The number of Sundays in Advent | n/a
| 28. Feast celebrating Angel Gabriel’s announcement that Mary would be the mother of Jesus | n/a
| 29. Feast celebrating Mary’s appearance to Juan Diego in Mexico | n/a |
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=After_learning_that_King_Herod_was_going_to_kill_the_babies_in_Bethlehem,_Joseph_took_Mary_and_Jesus_to
Question 1 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_Hispanic_custom_of_acting_out_Mary_and_Joseph_looking_for_an_inn_in_Bethlehem
Question 2 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Means_God_is_with_us
Question 3 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Elizabeth’s_husband
Question 4 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_happened_to_Zachary_after_he_was_told_that_Elizabeth_was_going_to_have_a_baby
Question 5 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Began_the_custom_of_the_Nativity_scene_or_crèche
Question 6 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Teaching_that_the_Son_of_God_was_born_of_the_Virgin_Mary_and_became_man
Question 7 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mary_was_conceived_without_original_sin
Question 8 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mary’s_cousin
Question 9 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_wise_men
Question 10 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Means_the_coming
Question 11 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Joseph’s_reaction_when_he_found_out_Mary_was_going_to_have_a_baby
Question 12 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Gospels_that_tell_about_Jesus’_birth
Question 13 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mary_and_Joseph_traveled_to_Bethlehem_for_the
Question 14 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Witnessed_Jesus’_presentation_in_the_temple
Question 15 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mary_wrapped_the_baby_Jesus_in_swaddling_clothes_and_placed_Him_in_a(n)
Question 16 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mysteries_of_the_rosary_that_includes_the_Nativity
Question 17 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=King_of_Judea_at_the_time_of_Jesus’_birth
Question 18 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_sign_in_the_sky_that_led_the_wise_men_to_Jesus
Question 19 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Jesus’_cousin_who_was_born_six_months_before_Him
Question 20 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Angel_who_announced_to_Mary_that_she_would_be_the_mother_of_Jesus
Question 21 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Gifts_the_wise_men_brought_for_Jesus
Question 22 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=French_word_for_Christmas
Question 23 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Shows_the_family_tree_of_Jesus
Question 24 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Feast_celebrating_the_three_kings_visiting_Jesus
Question 25 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_Sunday_between_Christmas_and_New_Year’s
Question 26 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_number_of_Sundays_in_Advent
Question 27 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Feast_celebrating_Angel_Gabriel’s_announcement_that_Mary_would_be_the_mother_of_Jesus
Question 28 (of 29)
Advent and Christmas: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Feast_celebrating_Mary’s_appearance_to_Juan_Diego_in_Mexico
Question 29 (of 29)