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. System of cities with various levels; Few cities at top level; Increasing number of settlements at each lower level; Larger cities provide more services than smaller towns– exists at regional, national, and global scales | Urban Hierarchy | 2. Nth largest city of a national system will be 1/n the size of the largest city; Example - US is close to this model - not a good model for newly urbanized countries/LDCs | Rank Size Rule | 3. One dominant city in a country or region. There is usually not an obvious second city; Example: Paris, France - 8.7 million; Marseille - 1.2 million | Primate City | 4. Mexico is an excellent example of a Primate City model; Mexico City is the dominant city in Mexico | Primate City 2 | 5. National metropolises have greater connectivity than regional metropolises or small cities | Connectivity of Urban Systems | 6. Banking: London: New York; Tokyo; Hong Kong; Singapore | Banking | 7. Producer Services: London; New York; Hong Kong; Paris; Tokyo | Producer services | 8. Management New York; London; Paris; Madrid; Stockholm | Management | 9. Law London; New York; Frankfurt; Hong Kong; Washington DC | Law | 10. Insurance London; New York; Hong Kong; Los Angeles; Paris | Insurance | 11. Advertising New York; London; Hong Kong; Toronto; Sydney | Advertising | 12. Media London; New York; Paris; Los Angeles; Milan | Media | 13. Architecture London; New York; Beijing; Singapore; Shanghai | Architecture | 14. United Nations Agencies Geneva; Brussels; Addis Ababa; Cairo; Bangkok | United Nations Agencies | 15. National Diplomatic Mission Washington DC; New York; London; Tokyo; Paris | National Diplomatic Mission | 16. Humanitarian and Environmental NGOs Nairobi; Brussels; Bangkok; London; New Delhi | Humanitarian and Environmental NGOs | 17. Scientific Research London Los Angeles; San Francisco; Boston; Basel; Geneva; New York | Scientific Research |
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