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 is the abbreviation for Christmas? | Xmas. | 2. 2. When is Christmas? | On 25th December. | 3. 3. When is Christmas Eve? | On 24th December. | 4. 4. What do people sing this time of year? | Carols. | 5. 5. What did you give me last Christmas? | Last Christmas I gave you my heart. | 6. 6. What jingles all the way? | The bells. | 7. 7. What is the name of the most famous reindeer? | Rudolph. | 8. 8. What colour is Rudolph's nose? | It's red. | 9. 9. What does Frohe Weihnachten mean and in what language? Figure it out because that is the key to find the next set of questions. | Merry Christmas in German. | 10. 10. How did people decorate the first Christmas tree? | With food. | 11. 11. Who is Kris Kringle? | Santa Claus. | 12. 12. What's the name of the most famous Christmas ghost story? | A Christmas Carol. | 13. 13. Who is the author of the story? | Charles Dickens. | 14. 14. What does carol mean in Spanish? | Villancico. | 15. 15. Who wrote the song "Frosty the Snowman?" | Walter Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson. | 16. 16. What colour were the first candy canes? | White. | 17. 17. What is Santa Claus favourite transport? | The sled. | 18. 18. What is the traditional Christmas flower? | The Poinsettia. | 19. 19. What do North American children hand on Christmas | Stockings. | 20. 20. Pay attention to this question and the following one because they will lead you to the last set of questions. In what country does Santa live? | Finland. | 21. 21. What is a caribou? | A reindeer. | 22. 22. When did people first use electric Christmas lights on Christmas trees? | In the 1800s. | 23. 23. In what country in the Tasmania sea do people celebrate Christmas by going to the beach? | Australia. | 24. 24. What is the most famous Christmas rock? | The jingle bell rock. | 25. 25. What is the English name for that sweet made in Jijona? | Nougat. | 26. 26. People kiss under this plant. | Mistletoe. | 27. 27. Who stole Christmas? | The Grinch. | 28. 28. What is the "Sheng dan Lao Ren?" | It's Father Christmas in China. | 29. 29. Who are the Three Wise Men? | Melchior, Gaspar and Balthasar. | 30. 30. What country has a witch as a Christmas character? | Italy. | 31. 31. What is the character's name? | The Befana. | 32. 32. What pudding do people in England eat during Christmas? | Christmas pudding. | 33. 33. How do you say in English "Feliz Navidad y feliz año nuevo?" Say it out loud and have a very nice Christmas break. | Merry Christmas and happy new year |
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