What is urbanization? Planner: Boomburg activity Bell work – 5 minutes What is urbanization? Planner: Boomburg activity

I can describe what a Boomburb is and identify patterns in data. Learning target I can describe what a Boomburb is and identify patterns in data. Today I am… looking at data sets to identify trends and characteristics of urban areas and Boomburbs. So that I’ll be able to… understand the problems that urban areas may face as they have or continue to expand. I’ll know I’ve got it when… I can complete the data table and draw conclusions about Boomburbs.

The vegetation and man-made (manufactured) structures that cover land. What we already know… Land cover The vegetation and man-made (manufactured) structures that cover land.

What we already know… Land use Human activities that occur on land and are related to the land.

What we already know… Land cover and land use Land use examples

What we already know… Urbanization A population shift from living in the country to living in the city.

Today’s activity: Boomburbs Examine data to define "boomburb," observe the location of several boomburbs to make generalizations about their location and relationship with larger urbanized areas.

What is the largest city in our metropolitan area?

With your group, list all of the cities around Phoenix that you can think of.

With your group, list all of the cities around Phoenix that you can think of. Glendale Avondale Peoria Chandler Tucson Tempe Goodyear Mesa

Read the introduction and answer the 3 questions on the first page Boomburb Read the introduction and answer the 3 questions on the first page Page 2: Read directions and complete the data table

Round to the nearest tenth for column D! Ex. 1.2538 = 1.26