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. 0/8% - one of the fastest in the UK. | What is the population growth rate in Cornwall? | 2. | 3. Cornwall has a natural decrease in population as its death rates exceed its birth rates. This is because it attracts many retired people, who come for the more relaxed, higher quality of life. This has created an ageing population and hence a higher death rate. | What is natural change like in Cornwall? | 4. | 5. Higher than the UK average. | What is life expectancy like in Cornwall? | 6. | 7. As well as retirees, other age groups also migrate here including 50-59 year olds preparing for retirement. Increasingly many families are moving to the south west seeking a better quality of life for their children. A survey by Cornwall Country Council in 2005 estimated that half of all secondary school students in Cornwall had not been born there. Many main wage earners however still work in cities such as London during the week and just come home at weekends. | Who migrates to Cornwall? | 8. | 9. Many 16-29 year olds leave Cornwall as there are declining numbers of full time jobs, partly due to a big emphasis on the seasonal tourist economy. Over half of 16-18 year olds expect to leave to university and never return. The opening of Combined Universities of Cornwall in 2004 has helped to slow this ‘BRAIN DRAIN’ a bit. | Who migrates out of Cornwall? | 10. | 11. There are many people migrating into Cornwall, which exceeds the number lost through death and emigration. | How can Cornwall’s population be growing so fast when natural change is negative? | 12. | 13. Cornwall has a reduced working population, leaving it will less economic potential. As young people (potential high earners) emigrate and are replaced with older people (on fixed pensions) the average income in the areas goes down. This results in low spending power in the local population, which limits business opportunities and creates a NEGATIVE MULTIPLIER that is difficult to break. | What are the impacts of Cornwall’s population structure? | 14. | 15. Cornwall’s average full time income in 2008 was £21 522 (25% below the UK average). One reason for this is its remoteness and poor communication infrastructure. It has no motorways, slow rail services (4 hours to London) and one small airport but fares can be expensive. It’s hard to attract investment when wages are low but transport costs are high. | How does Cornwall’s location affect its economy? (look for the map) | 16. | 17. Another reason for low incomes in Cornwall is the decline in traditional industries such as farming and fishing. These jobs were often skilled with reasonable wages. 25% of people are now directly employed in Tourism, with many others employed indirectly e.g. as shop keepers. However, tourism is usually seasonal, unreliable, part time and hence poorly paid. Only a third of profits remain in Cornwall with the rest ‘leaking out’ e.g. through national hotel chains. | Why are many jobs in Cornwall low paid? | 18. | 19. Young people are low-income earners are often priced out of the market but wealthy immigrants into the county, who are often cash-rich. 3 of Cornwall’s districts are listed by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in the top 40 most unaffordable areas in the UK. In 2010 the average home in Cornwall cost 8x the average Cornish annual income, compared to only 6 times in the rest of England and Wales. Currently owner-occupation is quite high in Cornwall (72% compared to 67% nationally) and there is less social housing (12% compared to 23%) but the need for it is rising. | What are house prices like in Cornwall? | 20. | 21. As well as wealthy immigrants, 2 other reasons have affected Cornwall’s house prices. Firstly the ‘right to buy’ scheme introduced in the 1980s allowed those in social housing to buy their own homes, reducing the amount of social housing available. Secondly, many small cottage properties (5% overall but much higher in certain areas) have been purchased by investors as holiday lets or second homes. This impacts local businesses as the houses are empty for much of the year. | Why are houses so unaffordable? | 22. | 23. Farming has declined due to falling farm prices as supermarkets seek the lowest food prices from their suppliers. Overfishing has resulted in a decline in fish stocks. Cornish tin reserves have been exhausted, impacting the mining industry and there has been a cutback in the china clay quarrying workforce due to advances in technology. | What has caused Cornwall’s decline in traditional industries? | 24. | 25. Many supermarkets can now buy food more cheaply overseas (e.g. 14p per litre from new EU countries compared to 21p in the UK). The EU has also imposed quotas limiting the amount of fish that can be caught. Finally, the strong pound has made UK tin more expensive to buy from abroad. | To what extent do these causes lie outside Cornwall? |
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Question 1 (of 25)
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Question 2 (of 25)
Cornwall has a natural decrease in population as its death rates exceed its birth rates. This is because it attracts many retired people, who come for the more relaxed, higher quality of life. This has created an ageing population and hence a higher death rate.&choe=UTF-8
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Question 6 (of 25)
As well as retirees, other age groups also migrate here including 50-59 year olds preparing for retirement. Increasingly many families are moving to the south west seeking a better quality of life for their children. A survey by Cornwall Country Council in 2005 estimated that half of all secondary school students in Cornwall had not been born there. Many main wage earners however still work in cities such as London during the week and just come home at weekends.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 25)
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Question 8 (of 25)
Many 16-29 year olds leave Cornwall as there are declining numbers of full time jobs, partly due to a big emphasis on the seasonal tourist economy. Over half of 16-18 year olds expect to leave to university and never return. The opening of Combined Universities of Cornwall in 2004 has helped to slow this ‘BRAIN DRAIN’ a bit.&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 25)
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Question 10 (of 25)
There are many people migrating into Cornwall, which exceeds the number lost through death and emigration.&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 25)
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Question 12 (of 25)
Cornwall has a reduced working population, leaving it will less economic potential. As young people (potential high earners) emigrate and are replaced with older people (on fixed pensions) the average income in the areas goes down. This results in low spending power in the local population, which limits business opportunities and creates a NEGATIVE MULTIPLIER that is difficult to break.&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 25)
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Question 14 (of 25)
Cornwall’s average full time income in 2008 was £21 522 (25% below the UK average). One reason for this is its remoteness and poor communication infrastructure. It has no motorways, slow rail services (4 hours to London) and one small airport but fares can be expensive. It’s hard to attract investment when wages are low but transport costs are high.&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 25)
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Question 16 (of 25)
Another reason for low incomes in Cornwall is the decline in traditional industries such as farming and fishing. These jobs were often skilled with reasonable wages. 25% of people are now directly employed in Tourism, with many others employed indirectly e.g. as shop keepers. However, tourism is usually seasonal, unreliable, part time and hence poorly paid. Only a third of profits remain in Cornwall with the rest ‘leaking out’ e.g. through national hotel chains.&choe=UTF-8
Question 17 (of 25)
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Question 18 (of 25)
Young people are low-income earners are often priced out of the market but wealthy immigrants into the county, who are often cash-rich. 3 of Cornwall’s districts are listed by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in the top 40 most unaffordable areas in the UK. In 2010 the average home in Cornwall cost 8x the average Cornish annual income, compared to only 6 times in the rest of England and Wales. Currently owner-occupation is quite high in Cornwall (72% compared to 67% nationally) and there is less social housing (12% compared to 23%) but the need for it is rising.&choe=UTF-8
Question 19 (of 25)
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Question 20 (of 25)
As well as wealthy immigrants, 2 other reasons have affected Cornwall’s house prices. Firstly the ‘right to buy’ scheme introduced in the 1980s allowed those in social housing to buy their own homes, reducing the amount of social housing available. Secondly, many small cottage properties (5% overall but much higher in certain areas) have been purchased by investors as holiday lets or second homes. This impacts local businesses as the houses are empty for much of the year.&choe=UTF-8
Question 21 (of 25)
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Question 22 (of 25)
Farming has declined due to falling farm prices as supermarkets seek the lowest food prices from their suppliers. Overfishing has resulted in a decline in fish stocks. Cornish tin reserves have been exhausted, impacting the mining industry and there has been a cutback in the china clay quarrying workforce due to advances in technology.&choe=UTF-8
Question 23 (of 25)
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Question 24 (of 25)
Many supermarkets can now buy food more cheaply overseas (e.g. 14p per litre from new EU countries compared to 21p in the UK). The EU has also imposed quotas limiting the amount of fish that can be caught. Finally, the strong pound has made UK tin more expensive to buy from abroad.&choe=UTF-8
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