California State Standards ask us to compare and contrast how land is used in Urban, Suburban, and Rural environments. After a quick introduction to the basic concepts, we set out to use our Project Student space well by filling the whole room with photographs that exemplified this. Of course it was entirely up to the kids to sort and categorize each picture. Project Studio is very hands on!
Many of the pictures were purposefully tricky, exhibiting characteristics from more then one land use and requiring the kids to look closely for details. We then asked the question: Is Los Angeles considered Urban or Suburban? Maybe even a little Rural? Lets hope that next time our Second Graders are gazing out the car window, as they often do, they have a little more to think about ...
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