About+Post+Oak+Elementary

Our Goal: To learn about how the **5 themes of geography** impact the lifestyle and culture of people within the **7 different continents**. 

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**We have formed a group to inquire into the following:** **How We Organize Ourselves**- An inquiry into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; the structure and function of organizations; societal decision making; economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment.

**Central Idea**: Geographical concepts impact the lifestyle and culture of people ** Lines of inquiry that will drive our study: **

1. What are the five themes of geography? (Form)

2. What cultures exist in this place? How do you know this? (Causation)  3. What connections do these cultures have to us and to each other? (Connection) 4. What are some ways to research a place and its people? (Form)

1. Location Where in the world are we? Here's where the Post Oak World Travelers are: media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2320+Post+Oak+Lane,+Lansing,+MI&sll=42.763902,-84.515762&sspn=0.073852,0.154324&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=2320+Post+Oak+Ln,+Lansing,+Ingham,+Michigan+48912&z=14&ll=42.758314,-84.515334&output=embed" width="425" height="350"

﻿ 2. Place What is it like when you get there? Most of us speak English as our first language, but we are part of a Chinese immersion school so we also speak some Chinese.

3. Human-Environment Interaction What do the people do for the environment? What does the environment do for the people?

4. Movement <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px;">People and ideas get around

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px; margin: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px;">5. Region <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px;">Climate, religion, language, education, states of territories, borders of a nation