QR Challenge: Geography of Mesopotamia

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. River east of the Euphrates River. Begins in Taurus Mountains. Runs through Turkey and unites with the Euphrates River to flow into the Persian Gulf.	Tigris River
2. Sea that connects the Red and Black Seas as well as the Atlantic Ocean.	Mediterranean Sea
3. This body of water borders Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia	Red Sea
4. Mountain range located in southern and western Iran. Runs parallel to the Tigris River.	Zagros Mountains
5. Longest river in Iraq. Starts in Turkey and flows into the Persian Gulf.	Euphrates River
6. Peninsula located between the Black and Mediterranean Seas. Located on the western end of Asia.	Asia Minor
7. Mountains that are parallel to the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. They are in Southern Turkey.	Taurus Mountains
8. This desert is in southeastern Syria, western Iraq, northeastern Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia. It covers over 200,000 square miles.	Syrian Desert

 

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