QR Challenge: Southwest Asia Geography WTO's
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
1. A country completely surrounded by land. No sea/ocean access | Landlocked
|
2. Muslims who believe that the leader of the Muslim community should come from a direct descendant of Muhammad | Shia Muslims
| 3. Muslims who see themselves closely following Muhammad’s example. Make up about 85 percent of Muslims today | Sunni Muslims
| 4. A small strip of land that borders Israel to the Southwest. Mainly colonized by Arab Palestinians | Gaza Strip
| 5. A small strip of land that borders Israel to the east. Mainly colonized by Arab Palestinians | West Bank
| 6. An ethnic group that lives in the mountainous region where Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq come together. Most are Sunni Muslim | Kurds
| 7. Language spoken by Persians or Iranians. Uses the Arabic alphabet, but is a different language | Farsi
| 8. Transporting water to crops | Irrigation
| 9. Layers of underground rock where water from rain and streams are trapped | Aquifer
| 10. Shares a belief system in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature | Religious Group
| 11. A group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been a part of the community for generations | Ethnic Group
| 12. Water that has been underground for centuries | Fossil Water
| 13. Underground tunnels that bring water from hills to dry plains | Qanats
| 14. Method of irrigation which uses technology to measure how much water each plant is to receive | Drip Irrigation
| 15. Growing small amounts of crops to take care of personal or local needs | Subsistence Agriculture
| 16. The process of removing salt and other chemicals from seawater | Desalination
| 17. Desert nomads who rely on animal herding and trading handmade goods with others | Bedouins
| 18. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. An organization of countries that rely on the export of oil | O.P.E.C.
| 19. Generating electricity from the energy of running water | Hydroelectricity |
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_country_completely_surrounded_by_land._No_sea/ocean_access
Question 1 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Muslims_who_believe_that_the_leader_of_the_Muslim_community_should_come_from_a_direct_descendant_of_Muhammad
Question 2 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Muslims_who_see_themselves_closely_following_Muhammad’s_example._Make_up_about_85_percent_of_Muslims_today
Question 3 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_small_strip_of_land_that_borders_Israel_to_the_Southwest._Mainly_colonized_by_Arab_Palestinians
Question 4 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_small_strip_of_land_that_borders_Israel_to_the_east._Mainly_colonized_by_Arab_Palestinians
Question 5 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An_ethnic_group_that_lives_in_the_mountainous_region_where_Syria,_Turkey,_Iran,_and_Iraq_come_together._Most_are_Sunni_Muslim
Question 6 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Language_spoken_by_Persians_or_Iranians._Uses_the_Arabic_alphabet,_but_is_a_different_language
Question 7 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Transporting_water_to_crops
Question 8 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Layers_of_underground_rock_where_water_from_rain_and_streams_are_trapped
Question 9 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Shares_a_belief_system_in_a_god_or_gods,_with_a_specific_set_of_rituals_and_literature
Question 10 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_group_of_people_who_share_cultural_ideas_and_beliefs_that_have_been_a_part_of_the_community_for_generations
Question 11 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Water_that_has_been_underground_for_centuries
Question 12 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Underground_tunnels_that_bring_water_from_hills_to_dry_plains
Question 13 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Method_of_irrigation_which_uses_technology_to_measure_how_much_water_each_plant_is_to_receive
Question 14 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Growing_small_amounts_of_crops_to_take_care_of_personal_or_local_needs
Question 15 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_process_of_removing_salt_and_other_chemicals_from_seawater
Question 16 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Desert_nomads_who_rely_on_animal_herding_and_trading_handmade_goods_with_others
Question 17 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Organization_of_Petroleum_Exporting_Countries._An_organization_of_countries_that_rely_on_the_export_of_oil
Question 18 (of 19)
Southwest Asia Geography WTO's: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Generating_electricity_from_the_energy_of_running_water
Question 19 (of 19)