QR Challenge: Geography of Europe

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. peninsula in the northern part of Europe (a few countries)	Scandinavian Peninsula
2. creates a natural border between Italy, France, Switzerland, and Germany	The Alps
3. spans the majority of central Europe	Great European Plain
4. creates a natural border between France and the Iberian Peninsula	The Pyrenees
5. Spain and Portugal	Iberian Peninsula
6. runs from Germany in the west to Romania in the east	Danube River
7. originates in the Alps and empties in the North Sea	Rhine River
8. major river in northern France	Seine River
9. originates in the Czech Republic runs through Germany to the North Sea	Elbe River
10. river in the UK	Thames river
11. northern most body of water	Arctic Ocean
12. ocean to the west of Europe	Atlantic
13. body of water located between the UK and the Scandinavian Peninsula	North Sea
14. between Sweden and Finland	Baltic Sea
15. very narrow body of water that separates Europe from Africa	Straight of Gibraltar
16. rough body of water between the UK and France	English Channel
17. separates Africa from Europe	Mediterranean Sea
18. lies east of Italy	Adriatic Sea
19. separates Greece from Turkey	Aegean Sea

 

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