Here are some ideas for information the sponsoring classroom might request for a project on location. List the name and size of your city in population and square miles. Describe your city's boundaries to the east, west, north and south. List four ways your city is connected to the closest large city. Describe how transport patterns interact with geographic features.
Every city is connected to other cities by a range of transportation routes.
Students can describe these patterns and discuss their influence on local businesses that have developed. For example, a city on an ocean, river, railroad line or major freeway may have many industries that rely heavily on transportation. People everywhere daily move through their environment. The amount and form of movement will vary with social, economic and geographic patterns. The sponsoring classroom might explore these differences.