El Education: Flower City Atlas

3rd grade students in Rochester, New York, created this historical/environmental guide to the City of Rochester as part of a learning expedition on local history. The guiding questions were: How did Rochester become the Flower City? How has land use in Rochester changed over time? The guide combines climate, weather, botany, and cartography as a means for exploring the impact each of these has had on industrial growth in Rochester. The students' specific foci were the flour industry and flower industry - both vital in Rochester's growth - across time.