QR Challenge: Demography - AS Sociology
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. There were 657,076 live births in England and Wales in 2018, a decrease of 3.2% since 2017 and a 9.9% decrease since the most recent peak in 2012. | answer1
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2. The total fertility rate (TFR) decreased from 1.76 to 1.70 children per woman in 2018; this is lower than all previous years except 1977 and 1999 to 2002. | answer2
| 3. In 2018, fertility rates decreased in all age groups except for women aged 40 years and over, where the rate remained stable. | answer3
| 4. In 2018, there were 541,589 deaths registered in England and Wales; this is the highest annual number of deaths since 1999. | answer4
| 5. In 2018, deaths due to dementia and Alzheimer disease continued to increase and remained the leading cause of death, accounting for 12.8% of all deaths registered. | answer5
| 6. Mortality rates fell slightly for males but rose slightly for females in 2018. | answer6
| 7. There were 2.9 million lone parent families in 2019, which is 14.9% of families in the UK | answer7
| 8. In 2017, the average household size was 2.4. | answer8
| 9. Life expectancy at birth in the UK in 2016 to 2018 was 79.3 years for males and 82.9 years for females | answer9
| 10. In the UK, England continued to have the highest life expectancy and Scotland the lowest | answer10
| 11. The number of centenarians living in the UK has increased 85% in the past 15 years | answer11
| 12. By 2030, one in five people in the UK (21.8%) will be aged 65 or over, 6.8% will be aged 75+ and 3.2% will be aged 85+ | answer12
| 13. The 85+ age group is the fastest growing and is set to double to 3.2 million by mid-2041 and treble by 2066 | answer13
| 14. Net migration – an estimated 283,000 more people moved to the UK than left in the year ending September 2018. | answer14
| 15. Immigration to the UK for work has fallen to its lowest level since 2014 | answer15
| 16. In 2018 345,000 people left the UK (emigration). | answer16 |
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=There_were_657,076_live_births_in_England_and_Wales_in_2018,_a_decrease_of_3.2%_since_2017_and_a_9.9%_decrease_since_the_most_recent_peak_in_2012.
Question 1 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_total_fertility_rate_(TFR)_decreased_from_1.76_to_1.70_children_per_woman_in_2018;_this_is_lower_than_all_previous_years_except_1977_and_1999_to_2002.
Question 2 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_2018,_fertility_rates_decreased_in_all_age_groups_except_for_women_aged_40_years_and_over,_where_the_rate_remained_stable.
Question 3 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_2018,_there_were_541,589_deaths_registered_in_England_and_Wales;_this_is_the_highest_annual_number_of_deaths_since_1999.
Question 4 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_2018,_deaths_due_to_dementia_and_Alzheimer_disease_continued_to_increase_and_remained_the_leading_cause_of_death,_accounting_for_12.8%_of_all_deaths_registered.
Question 5 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Mortality_rates_fell_slightly_for_males_but_rose_slightly_for_females_in_2018.
Question 6 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=There_were_2.9_million_lone_parent_families_in_2019,_which_is_14.9%_of_families_in_the_UK
Question 7 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_2017,_the_average_household_size_was_2.4.
Question 8 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Life_expectancy_at_birth_in_the_UK_in_2016_to_2018_was_79.3_years_for_males_and_82.9_years_for_females
Question 9 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_the_UK,_England_continued_to_have_the_highest_life_expectancy_and_Scotland_the_lowest
Question 10 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_number_of_centenarians_living_in_the_UK_has_increased_85%_in_the_past_15_years
Question 11 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=By_2030,_one_in_five_people_in_the_UK_(21.8%)_will_be_aged_65_or_over,_6.8%_will_be_aged_75+_and_3.2%_will_be_aged_85+
Question 12 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_85+_age_group_is_the_fastest_growing_and_is_set_to_double_to_3.2_million_by_mid-2041_and_treble_by_2066
Question 13 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Net_migration_–_an_estimated_283,000_more_people_moved_to_the_UK_than_left_in_the_year_ending_September_2018.
Question 14 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Immigration_to_the_UK_for_work_has_fallen_to_its_lowest_level_since_2014
Question 15 (of 16)
Demography - AS Sociology: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_2018_345,000_people_left_the UK_(emigration).
Question 16 (of 16)
