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Social Groupies: How Different Groups Use Urban ParksThis article is from Issue Urban Forest - Vol. 6 No. 1.
* Note: All editions of the Natural Inquirer starting with Volume 5 and including future editions require the newest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 in order to be downloaded. We have upgraded in order to ensure greater accessibility to PDF files. Please click on the following link if you need to upgrade your Adobe Acrobat reader: Upgrade now to Adobe Reader 6.0. It is a free upgrade. People visit parks to do many different activities, such as play basketball, baseball, sunbathe, swim, walk, picnic, or go bicycling. If park managers know what people like to do in a particular park, they can do a better job of providing the opportunity. The question the scientist wanted to answer in this study was: What activities do people of different ethnic backgrounds do while visiting an urban park?
Welcome to the Urban Forests editionNote to EducatorsUrban Forest Lesson PlanReflection Section Answer GuideEducation Standards CorrelationsMeet the scientists that contributed to this article: "Science Topics" covered in this article:
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"Thinking About Science Themes" covered in this article: Scientists study a lot of different things. Usually, people think about the kind of science that is concerned with things like Earth, or diseases, or space. There is another category of science known as the social sciences. The social sciences are concerned with the things that people think, feel, believe, say, or do. The social sciences may also be concerned about the behavior of groups of people. Groups could include American families living in South Africa, 12-year old boys in Oklahoma who play soccer, middle school science students in Tillman Middle School, or just about any group of people. Pretend that you are a social scientist. Name three different groups of people that you might like to study. Any group that you identify should have a common characteristic. You should also limit the group by identifying a geographic limit. Use your imagination! Specific "Thinking About Science" Themes:"Thinking About Environmental Themes" covered in this article: Have you ever planned how you are going to spend your weekend? Do you plan how you will spend your allowance? Planning is an important tool that helps people and communities to use their resources more wisely. Resources include things like money, time, or even school supplies. If you plan ahead about how you will use your resources, you will have a better chance of identifying future opportunities or problems. People are not the only ones who plan ahead. Groups of people living in communities can also plan how they will use their shared resources. One of the resources they plan for is how they will use public land, including urban park land. Specific "Thinking About the Environment" Themes:NSE Standards covered in this article:
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