Parks and Geography

Yesterday was our first trip!  We are studying the geography of New York City as well as learning to become better observers in the process.  We walked to the East River and both wrote about and sketched what we saw.  Both as scientists and anthropologists we have to be able to describe what we see and experience in both words and pictures.

Thanks to all of the parents who came help us travel and work!

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Today in writing we began gathering materials to begin our research.  We discussed that research can come from many sources:  books, the internet, movies, pictures, interviews, observations, maps, artifacts, and experiences.  We already know an awful lot about parks from experiences, observations, and interviews - but now we are using the other resources to learn more!  Today we explored the materials and sorted them to help us use them.  Some of us started to take notes on what we learned too.  Tomorrow we begin writing our nonfiction sections to make our All About NYC Parks book!