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.
Question | Answer |
| 1. Overview | Concentric/Sector/Multiple Nuclei: These three models attempt to describe and predict urban land use and urban growth in North American cities. All were based primarily on the city of Chicago and all are based on the observation that most people prefer to live near others with whom they share similar characteristics. Therefore all three models divide cities into zones each with similar populations or similar land uses. | 2. Premise Concentric | A city grows outward from a central area in a series of concentric rings, like the growth of a tree. | 3. Premise Sector | 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. | 4. Premise Multiple Nuclei | According to the multiple nuclei model, a city is a complex structure that includes more than one center around which activities revolve | 5. Premise Urban Realms Model | 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. | 6. Premise Latin American Model | The model contains elements of Latin American culture and imprints of colonization and globalization. | 7. Premise African City Model | Ethnicities and types of CBDs change in rings/sectors as you travel further from the center, colonial CBD. | 8. Premise SE Asian City Model | 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 | 9. Concentric Key Point 1 | In this model, the city grows out from a Central Business District (CBD) in a series of concentric rings each with different land uses based on level of income. | 10. Concentric Key Point 2 | The further one moves from the CBD, the greater the wealth because only more wealthy people (according to this model) can afford to commute into the CBD every day. | 11. Concentric Key Point 3 | Therefore Zone 2 (Zone in Transition) contains poorer residents, industry, and warehouses while Zone 3 (Commuter Zone) contains homes for the wealthy. | 12. Sector Key Point 1 | Similar land uses and socioeconomic groups cluster in pie shaped sectors radiating outward from a central business district, usually along transportation corridors. | 13. Sector Key Point 2 | Notice that both high cost residential areas (Zone 5 above) and Low-class residential (Zone 3 above) tend to remain within their respective sectors, both following some corridor of transportation (railway, river, highway, etc.). | 14. Concentric Model Strengths | Many cities developed in the 1920s, so this model reflects this time period | 15. Sector Model Strengths | Allows for an outward progression of growth in each of the sectors; Solved the problems with the model that Burgess created | 16. Multiple Nuclei Model Strengths | Takes into account the factors of decentralization in city structure; Provides a framework for understanding the distribution of social and economic groups | 17. Urban Realms Model Strengths | Each realm has its own economic strength, so overall the metropolis can be an economic powerhouse and can become self-sufficient | 18. Latin American Model Strengths | Easy geometric pattern; Markets are closer to residential areas, less commuting | 19. African Model Strengths | Market zones are close to the neighborhoods | 20. Southeast Asian Model Strengths | It is diverse due to the commercial zone | 21. Concentric Model 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 | 22. Sector Model Weaknesses | Based on central railroad transportation and not cars | 23. Multiple Nuclei Model 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 | 24. Urban Realms Model Weaknesses | If the model fails, then the city displays a large amount of urban sprawl | 25. Latin American Model Weaknesses | With the poor on the outskirts of the zone they can easily become involved with crime | 26. African Model Weaknesses | Squatter zones have started | 27. Southeast Asian Model Weaknesses | The market is far from the port | 28. Concentric Model Effectiveness | The concentric zone model was based off of Chicago but it does not fit well with the modern day Chicago anymore | 29. Sector Model Effectiveness | This model was not based on central railroad transportation, not taking into account that most people would use cars in the future | 30. Multiple Nuclei Model Effectiveness | Think about the effectiveness - write your own answer. | 31. Urban Realms Model Effectiveness | This model is automobile dependent, and it can accommodate a large and growing population | 32. Latin American Model Effectiveness | Think about the effectiveness - write your own answer. | 33. African Model Effectiveness | Think about the effectiveness - write your own answer. | 34. Southeast Asian Model 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 |
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