Students describe the physical and human geography by using maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and charts to identify geographical features in their local region (the coast, the mountains, the Central Valley, hills, oceans, lakes, and the desert). They will also trace how resources are used in their local region and modified the physical environment.
by Roselle Baldovino
1. Organize information about people, places, and environments
1.1. act as an archaeologists and visit different museums and create a poster that includes pictures about people, places, and environments in California and also some facts about the things they chose
2. Trace how resources are used in their local region
2.1. act as a historian to interview local residents and people about how they use resources and create a video about the different resources (natural, renewable non- renewable, etc.) and map out the different resources in different areas in the California
3. learn how the physical environment is modified
3.1. document how humans modify the earth and create a timeline of the different periods of time to see how different California was back then to now
4. Describe the physical and human geography of their local region
4.1. act as a geographer to record information about California in a word document and also talk to local geography and history teachers and representatives to gain more information about California
5. Use maps, tables, graphs, and charts to identify geographical features in their region
5.1. act as a cartographer to create a map of California and be able to create a PowerPoint about the different kinds of geographical features (cities, states that border California, capital, population, climate, etc.)
