Review Students create a record keeping book by folding paper and attaching a cover. On page one students list ways they could could determine the center of California. In Teacher asks a few students to read their entries and share how they determined the center of California. Strategy Students watch the video Center of California and take notes on the types of researchers and how they solve questions of geography. The students will share their findings and review types of researchers in a class discussion.
Students determine the center of their town, using population and physical geography.
Students investigate other maps for centrality and explore the National Geographic web site. I will read the notebooks to see that the students wrote down at least one method that each researcher uses.