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. Central America is located ________ of Mexico | South | 2. It is made up of seven countries | _______,Guatemala, ______,El Salvador, _______, Costa Rica and _______ | 3. Together, Central America and Mexico form the ________ that connects North America and South America | Isthmus | 4. Mountains run through the ________ of Central America, and lowlands are located along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts | center | 5. Central America lies within the tropical climate zone and has a primarily tropical ____/____ climate. Its climates are also influenced by elevation, distance from the sea, and latitude | tropical wet/dry | 6. Lake Nicaragua is the only ___________ lake in the world that has oceanic animal life6 | freshwater | 7. Civil wars and _______ _________ have negatively impacted the economy of Central America | natural disasters | 8. Primary economic forces in Central America include tourism, agriculture, and ________ | manufacturing | 9. The ______ _______ was built through the narrowest part of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for shipping. The Panama Canal is a major economic force in Panama | Panama Canal | 10. The first people to live in Central America were Native American groups. These groups included the Maya, the _______, the Nahuatl, and the Chibcha | Olmec | 11. Spaniards arrived in Central America in the early 1500s. Later that century, the Spanish set up colonies in Central America. The British also set up a colony in ______ in the 1630s | Belize | 12. In the 1820s, Central America gained independence from ______, became part of Mexico, and then gained independence again. Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica formed the United Provinces of Central America. In 1840, these provinces divided into five separate nations | Spain | 13. Central America was strongly divided along class lines. The upper class was divided into two political groups: _______ and liberal | conservatives | 14. European and American business interests set up plantations to grow cash crops in Central America. Cash crops include bananas, _______, and sugarcane | coffee | 15. The United States opened the Panama Canal in 1914 to connect the ________ and ________ oceans for shipping. The United States transferred control of the canal to Panama in 1999 | Atlantic Pacific |
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