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Global Insights Class Visits San Elijo Lagoon To Study Human-Environment Interaction

Global Insights Class Visits San Elijo Lagoon To Study Human-Environment Interaction

From Paul-Michael Ogburn, Global Insights Teacher:

7th Grade students are finishing up their unit on Geography in Global Insights class. The final theme of Geography is human-environment interaction. We went on a field trip to the San Elijo Lagoon last week to get a real look at how people and nature interact right here in Encinitas. Students reflected on how nature and geography influenced how people built around the lagoon, how the different aspects of human activity (roads, homes, railroads, noise, lights, runoff, etc.) may be impacting the lagoon and its inhabitants, and to consider how and if balance was struck between the needs of people and the needs of nature. 

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