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. What is the color for Advent? | violet | 2. When does Advent begin? | late November/early December | 3. Why do we have Advent? | to prepare for the coming of Jesus | 4. What is the color for Christmas? | white or gold | 5. When does Christmas begin? | Christmas Day | 6. Why do we have Christmas? | to celebrate the birth of Jesus | 7. What is the color for Lent? | violet | 8. When does Lent start? | It starts on Ash Wednesday and ends before Easter. | 9. Why do we have Lent? | It is a time of preparing and penance. | 10. What is the color for Easter? | white or gold | 11. When does Easter start? | It begins on Easter Sunday and ends on Pentecost. | 12. Why do we have Easter? | to celebrate the resurrection | 13. What is the color for Ordinary Time? | Green | 14. When is Ordinary Time? | Between Christmas and Lent and between Easter and Advent | 15. Why do we have Ordinary Time? | to celebrate Jesus's whole life |
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