QR Challenge: APHUG Urban

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

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.

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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!

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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.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Concentric Explain A city grows outward from a central area in a series of concentric rings, like the growth of a tree	Concentric Explain
2. Sector Explain The city develops in a series of sectors, not rings. Certain areas of the city are more attractive for various activities, originally because of an environmental factor or even by mere chance	Sector Explain
3. Multiple Nuclei Explain According to the multiple nuclei model, a city is a complex structure that includes more than one center around which activities revolve	Multiple Nuclei Explain
4. Urban Realms Explain The model explains and predicts changing urban growth patterns as the automobile became increasingly prevalent and large suburban "realms" emerged. The suburban regions were functionally tied to a mixed-use suburban downtown, or mini-CBD, with relative independence from the original CBD	Urban Realms Explain
5. SE Asia Explain High-class residential zones stem from the center, middle-class zones are in inner city areas and in suburbs, and low income zones are in the periphery	SE Asia Explain
6. Latin America Explain The model contains elements of Latin American culture and imprints of colonization and globalization	Latin America Explain
7. Sub-Saharan African Explain Ethnicities and types of CBDs change in rings/sectors as you travel further from the center, colonial CBD	Sub-Saharan African Explain
8. Concentric Strengths Many cities developed in the 1920s, so this model reflects this time period	Concentric Strengths
9. Sector Strengths Allows for an outward progression of growth in each of the sectors-Solved the problems with the model that Burgess created	Concentric Strengths
10. Multiple Nuclei Strengths Takes into account the factors of decentralization in city structure-Provides a framework for understanding the distribution of social and economic groups	Multiple Nuclei Strengths
11. Urban Realms Strengths Each realm has its own economic strength, so overall the metropolis can be an economic powerhouse and can become self-sufficient	Urban Realms Strengths
12. SE Asia Strengths It is diverse due to the commercial zone	SE Asia Strengths
13. Latin America Strengths Easy geometric pattern-Markets are closer to residential areas, less commuting	Latin America Strengths
14. Sub-Saharan Africa Strengths Market zones are close to the neighborhoods	Sub-Saharan Africa Strengths
15. Concentric Weaknesses The concentric zone model does not allow for change in the city and does not allow for physical geographic barriers. The rings do not consider environmental factors	Concentric Weaknesses
16. Sector Weaknesses Based on central railroad transportation and not cars	Sector Weaknesses
17. Multiple Nuclei Weaknesses No consideration of influence of physical relief and government policy-Does not completely explain why different types of people live in a specific area	Multiple Nuclei Weaknesses
18. Urban Realms Weaknesses If the model fails, then the city displays a large amount of urban sprawl	Urban Realms Weaknesses
19. SE Asia Weaknesses The market is far from the port	SE Asia Weaknesses
20. Latin America Weaknesses With the poor on the outskirts of the zone they can easily become involved with crime	Latin America Weaknesses
21. Sub-Saharan Weaknesses Squatter zones have started	Sub-Saharan Weaknesses
22. Concentric Effectiveness The concentric zone model was based off of Chicago but it does not fit well with the modern day Chicago anymore	Concentric Effectiveness
23. Sector Effectiveness This model was not based on central railroad transportation, not taking into account that most people would use cars in the future	Sector Effectiveness
24. Urban Realms Effectiveness This model is automobile dependent, and it can accommodate a large and growing population	Urban Realms Effectiveness
25. SE Asia Effectiveness Many of the medium sized cities in Southeast Asia have the strongest similarities to this model. Since these cities are developing rapidly, aspects of the city are subject to change	SE Asia Effectiveness

 

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