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- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students examine the roles that natural events (such as droughts), population growth and other human factors play on land use and food supply. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students use GPS receivers to investigate urban land use in their community and explore role of urban planner in development of town or city; students create digital map of their community from the data they collected during their fieldwork. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students compare historical aerial photographs with current aerial photographs and determine what factors influenced land use decisions. They consider future changes in land use and the affect on the community. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students study how land is used in California and how land use is shown on maps. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students are introduced to GPS technology. They complete fieldwork as they visit a specific area of their community to identify and map types of land use in the surveyed area. They use the collected data to create a digital map. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th
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Students investigate the impact of urbanization on water percolation by measuring how much area on their school site is actually buildings or pavement. They discuss the impact urban land use has on water quality, water table levels, and municipal costs. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students examine the patterns and processes of urbanization and describe patterns of urban land use. They choose one of five cities using riddles and research why this city is desirable. The groups make quizzes for each other on the city that they researched. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the importance of "land." They review the four types of land classification--urban, rural, agricultural and conservation--and participate in an activity involving an apple that demonstrates the use of land in Hawaii. They create a map that shows agricultural land use in Hawaii. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students compare historical aerial photographs with current aerial photographs and determine what factors influenced land use decisions. THey evaluat e the impacts of different land use on an area. Students consider future changes in land use and the affect on a community. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students identify the land use zones on a planning map and identify the patterns that have possible negative effects on water quality. They participate in a visualization exercise, analyze the maps, and redraw existing land use maps for better environmental quality. Full Review »
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