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. Mayan culture flourished in the region known as . . . . | Mesoamerica | 2. The first Mesoamericans to use a solar calendar were the . . . | Olmecs | 3. The Maya developed their own system of hieroglyphic writing during the . . . | Pre-Classic period | 4. Around what year did the Classic period end? | 500 C.E. | 5. Who was at the top of the social pyramid in each Maya city-state? | The ruler | 6. Which members of Maya society knew how to read and write? | The ruler, nobles, and priests | 7. Who were considered the backbone of Maya society because they grew most of the food? | Peasants | 8. When might slaves be sacrificed to the gods? | Upon the deaths of their owners | 9. When arranging a marriage of their children, the families had to agree on . . . | How many years a young man would work for his new wife's family | 10. The Maya built their cities around religious and ceremonial centers because . . . | Religion was very important to the Maya | 11. Why did the Maya honor their gods? | They feared that the gods who created the world could also destroy it | 12. The primary Maya food was . . . | Corn | 13. How did Maya farmers adapt to the environment of the mountainous highlands? | They built terraces to make more land available for planting | 14. What happened that marked the end of the Classic period of Mayan history? | Maya had abandoned their large cities to the jungle | 15. Where did Mayan cities continue to prosper during the Post-Classic period? | In the highlands |
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