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 causes many conflicts in the Middle East | fresh water | 2. What country has found they can get fresh water from the desalination process | Saudi Arabia | 3. What is Jordan’s water ration | families can get water 2 times per week | 4. Why is Israel having a harder time using aquifers to get freshwater | because they are taking out more water than is being replenished into the aquifers | 5. Explain how Turkey is causing other countries to have issues getting freshwater | they are building dams along the Euphrates River- so far they have built 22 dams; this stops the water from getting to the countries downstream | 6. What are the two major issues that cause water problems in the region | Scarcity and pollution | 7. What country has an easier time getting water because two major rivers start there | Turkey | 8. Desalination | Process of removing salt and other minerals from water to create freshwater | 9. Aquifer | underground layer of rock and sand that contains water | 10. Scarcity | shortage or low supply | 11. Ration | a fixed amount of an object | 12. Why is the Middle East known as the crossroads of the world? | Because of its location in the center of three continents Asia, Africa, and Europe. | 13. What is the most common physical feature in the region | desert | 14. The Euphrates is the main source of what for what three countries | Water; Iraq, Syria and Turkey | 15. The Tigris flows through what two countries | Turkey and Iraq | 16. Why is the Jordan River important | Because it is the political boundary between Israel, the West Bank, & Jordan. | 17. What connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea | Suez Canal | 18. This is one of the most densely populated areas and the cause of many land disputes | Gaza Strip | 19. What is the most important natural resource in this region | oil | 20. How much of the world’s oil reserve is in this region | Half | 21. What two countries have the largest deposits of oil | Saudi Arabia and Iraq | 22. Name three things that oil can be used for | Fuel | 23. Oil sales have helped improve what in the region | The standard of living | 24. What do the governments use the oil money to do | Build modern buildings, schools, hospitals, and factories. Also, improve roads and build new roads. | 25. How has oil changed life expectancy in the region and how has it done so | Life expectancy has increased by 15 years because of advancements in healthcare, medicine, hospitals and education | 26. How has oil changed Saudi Arabia | from a poor, nomadic society to a very wealthy, modernized one. | 27. How has oil changed Turkey | seen wealth from oil because it is a transportation hub for countries moving oil to sell in Europe | 28. How has oil changed Afghanistan | profits as a transportation link when oil is shipped to Central Asia via the Arabian Sea. | 29. How has oil changed Iraq and Iran | oil-rich, but their countries have suffered from war and mismanagement of oil money. | 30. How is wealth from oil distributed throughout the Middle East | Very unevenly; countries with oil deposits have seen an increase in wealth and standard of living while countries without oil have remained poor. This has caused conflict throughout the region. |
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