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. Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea are connected by | Strait of Hormuz | 2. Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea are connected by | Suez Canal | 3. What is the most common type of land in the Middle East | Desert | 4. Why is the land between the Euphrates and Tigris valued | Fertile Soil | 5. What country has to have a driving ration to control the number of cars on the road | Iraq | 6. In the Middle East (like other areas of the world) cities are usually built near | Rivers | 7. A lot of people who do not live in cities are usually | Are farmers | 8. What is one of the most important resources in the Middle East | Oil | 9. If countries do not have oil can they easily improve the standard of living in their country | No,it is harder for them to improve their standard of living | 10. What has happened to the standard of living in countries that have oil production | It has gotten higher | 11. What are four things that oil producing countries have been able to build | modern buildings, hospitals, schools, and factories | 12. What has oil brought to the region | Wealth | 13. What causes many conflicts in the Middle East | Water and Oil | 14. What country has found they can get fresh water from the desalination process | Saudi Arabia | 15. Jordan is unable to get much water from the ___ River because Israel has redirected the water to flow into their country | Jordan | 16. What is Jordan’s water ration | They are given water 2 times a week | 17. Why is Israel having a harder time using aquifers to get freshwater | there is not enough rain water to replenish what they are taking | 18. Explain how Turkey is causing other countries to have issues getting freshwater | They are building dams throughout the rivers there in order to keep more water for the people in Turkey,this causes less water to get to the countries south of Turkey. | 19. What are the two major issues that cause water problems in the region | Scarcity and Pollution | 20. What country has an easier time getting water because two major rivers start there | Turkey | 21. Define Desalination | Process of removing salt and other minerals from water to create freshwater | 22. Define Aquifer | underground layer of rock and sand that contains water | 23. Define Scarcity | shortage or low supply | 24. Define Ration | a fixed amount of an object |
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