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. In general terms, what does the business cycle show | the changing nature and pace of the level of economic activity | 2. How many phases are in the business cycle | four | 3. Describe two economic conditions that would be present in a contactionary phase of the business cycle | economic activity is slowing; rising unemployment; low inflation; falling interest rates | 4. What is a 'peak' in the business cycle | the highest point; boom in the level of economic activity | 5. What would the RBA do to interest rates as the economy moves through an expansionary phase of the business cycle | increasing interest rates | 6. A trough in the business cycle could be characterised by a | recession or depression | 7. Technically a recession occurs when | there are two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth | 8. What is the governments aim in terms of economic growth | sustainable economic growth | 9. Why is economic growth desirable | it increases living standards | 10. What is another work for living standards | wellbeing;welfare | 11. Explain what is meant if material living standard are rising | individuals are able to access more goods and services | 12. Provide 4 examples of aspects that would influence non-material living standards | quality of the environment; crime rates; amount of leisure time; education levels; health | 13. What is a common measure of economic growth | real GDP per capita | 14. What does per capita mean | per person | 15. How often is GDP measured by the ABS | every quarter (3 months) |
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