CGC 1D1 - Culminating Activity
The Amazing Race – Canadian Edition
You have just been given the opportunity to become the producer of the new hit TV
show “The Great Canadian Amazing Race”. You are responsible for planning the
best trip in 10 days or less across Canada for your contestants, which will be seen
through your photo album/scrapbook that you will put together as the show is filmed.
You have decided that all contestants must visit three locations across Canada where
they will visit one physical and one human attraction at each destination. It will be
your job as producer to plan the itinerary as well as the travel arrangements. Your
photo album/scrapbook will also need to include a route map as well as photos and
descriptions of each location, along with one maritime and one continental climate
graph. Good luck!
Complete?
AMAZING RACE
DESTINATIONS
One city in British Columbia
or Alberta:
_________________________
One city in the Yukon,
Northwest Territories, or
Nunavut:
_________________________
One city in Northern Ontario,
Manitoba or Saskatchewan:
_________________________
One city in Newfoundland,
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
PEI, or Quebec:
__________________________
Work Completion Checklist
Choose one location from
three of the following:
Route Map (do this first!)
Trip Itinerary
Questions for location #1
Questions for location #2
Questions for location #3
Photographs from one
physical and one human
attraction at each location
Roadblock task to describe
physical attraction
Detour task to describe
human attraction
One maritime climate graph
(http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.
ca/climate_normals/index_e.html)
One continental climate graph
DAY ___: _____________________
(fill in the name of your location)
LANDFORMS
1. In which landform region is the community located? ___________________________ (text p.101)
2. Describe what this landform region looks like (ie. the topography of the land).
CLIMATE
3. In which climate region is the community located? ______________________________ (text p.143)
4. In a short paragraph, summarize what the climate is like in the community. Use temperature and
precipitation numbers!
VEGETATION & SOIL
5. In which vegetation region is the community located? ________________________ (text p. 148)
6. In which soil region is the community located? _____________________________ (text p. 146)
ECOZONE REGION
7. In which ecozone is the community located? ___________________________ (text p.160)
ENVIRONMENT
9. What natural resources are important to the province in which your city is located?
___________________________________________________________________________________
10. Why are these resources so important? Provide statistics or specific pieces of information about
each resource.
CULTURE
11. Describe 6 aspects of culture in this city (e.g. the people, history, music, dance, fashion, food, festivals).
TOURISM
12. What is the tourism website for this city? (Should look something like: www.mississaugatourism.com)
__________________________________________________
13. If you were visiting a physical attraction for this city, what would it be? ________________________
14. If you were visiting a human attraction for this city, what would it be? _________________________
TRANSPORTATION (www.expedia.ca may be helpful here!)
You will need to book a ONE WAY flight from your last city to this city. If there is no major airport in this city,
take a flight to the closest available airport and record that you have done so. Try to book direct flights.
12. a) Where did you fly from? _______________________ Where did you fly to? _________________
b) Approximately how many hours did it take you to get to this community? ____________________
b) How much will this trip cost? ________________________
c) Provide all transportation details:
Connections?
Airline:
Flight #:
Departure date & time:
Arrival date & time: