Urban And Rural Communities

Urban and Rural Research

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1. Visit http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/index.php?cam=lennon to visit Times Square. While watching the video decide if New York City is urban or rural community and how you know. Come up with at least 3 reasons to convince someone else.

2. Visit http://www.haliburtonholidays.com/Spring/index.asp to visit Haliburton. Haliburton is located in Ontario. While looking at the pictures and activities decide if Haliburton is an urban or rural community. Come up with at least 3 reasons to convince someone else.

Our Top 10 Reasons Why We Like To Live In An Urban Community

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1. We have many cool parks with awesome equipment to play on.
2. Everything we need is very close by, such as stores to buy our food.
3. We have many police officers, and fire fighters to keep us safe.
4. We can go to the movies or the mall to shop often.
5. We have recreation centres for skating, or swimming.
6. We have bike trails, and forests around our subdivisions to enjoy.
7. We have indoor and outdoor skateboard parks.
8. We have a huge selection of restaurants.
9. We can walk to the library.
10. We can choose to live in an apartment, house, townhouse, etc.

Skyping with our Rural Community Friends

2009-05-06T11:19:00.000-07:00

Dear Friends,
It was so exciting to skype with you all! We had fun seeing your faces and hearing your voices. We liked to learn that you love farming and one of your favourite things is combining. We did not know that combining is when you harvest the corn and wheat.

We were surprised to hear that you like the Guelph Storm. Do you get to go to many of their games? We are big hockey fans too! Many of us play on a hockey team, and Mrs. Muller's favourite team is hockey team is the Pittsburgh Penguins.

It was interesting to hear that you live near Dayton, and that you come to Guelph to do your shopping. We were surprised to hear that one of your parents works in Guelph too!

Thank you for Skyping with us..and we can't wait until next week!

From Mrs. Muller and her Grade 3 Class

2009-04-21T11:56:00.000-07:00

Reasons we like living in a Rural Community

-lots of forests and land to play on
-fresh air
-can have many pets like dogs, goats chickens, horses
-can go horseback riding in your backyard
-ride ATV's, dirtbikes, bikes, gators
-peaceful and quite
-less traffic
-swim in summer in ponds and skate in the winter
-feel safe
-lots of wildlife like deer and wild turkeys
-lots of farms

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Land Use

farming - dairy, beef, pig, and poultry, sheep and crops
camping and cottage area at Conestoga Lake
parks, forests

Population

In the town of Moorefield we have approximately 500 people. Most of the students attending our school live in homes in the country or on farms. The majority of students come to school by school bus.

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Shopping
one restaurant "Beth’s Place"
Hammond’s Office Supply
Bib’s and Cribs ( baby store)
one gas station with post office
RONA

Transportation
cars
tractors
ATV’s
School buses
vans
bicycles
horse and buggy

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Grade 3/4 At Maryborough

Education

Maryborough P.S. K-6 in Moorefield
For 7-8 we are bussed to Drayton Heights
For High School we are bussed to Palmerston High School
Drayton Public Library is the closest

Safety, Health and Welfare
Moorefield volunteer fire department
Moorefield Post Office
closest hospital is in Palmerston
doctors and dentist are I Drayton
O.P.P.

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Mrs. Morrison's Grade 3/4 Class

Maryborough Public School

Mrs. Muller's

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Mrs. Muller's Grade 3 Urban Community

Services	Our Community Has...
Education	-our school Sir Isaac Brock P.S and many more public schools -Saint Paul's School and many more Catholic schools -Bishop Mac High School and a few more high schools -a library Guelph Public Library -Kumon tutouring -The University of Guelph -Connestoga College -Guelph Civic Museum
Safety, Health, and Welfare	-two major hospitals -5 fire departments -one Guelph police station -one O.P.P. police station -one university police station -weekly garbage pick up -our own doctor or dentist -lots of post offices, and mail is delivered each day
Shopping	-malls -grocery stores -many kinds of stores (ie. EB games ) -restaurants -corner stores -gas stations
Transportation	-city bus -cars/trucks -taxis -train station -school buses -a small airport -Greyhound bus station -go buses -motorcycles -bicycles

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