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.
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| 1. What does excludability mean? | A good is said to be excludable if it is possible to prevent someone who has not paid for it from using it. | 2. What does rivalry mean? | A good is rival if one person’s use of the good reduces another person’s ability to use the same amount of the good. | 3. What is a private good? | A private good is one which is non-excludable and non-rival. | 4. What is a common resource? | A common resource is a good that is rival but non-excludable. | 5. What is meant by the term “free rider”? | A “free rider” is a person who receives the benefit of a good but avoids paying for it. | 6. What is cost-benefit analysis? | Cost-benefit analysis is a study that compares the cost and benefits to society of providing a public good. |
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