Day 2: Exploring Mall Locations

Students will examine the significance of the location of shopping malls. Huntsville, Alabama, is used as an example to illustrate that different human activities have different location requirements.

 

Day 3: Land Use Around the Mall

Students will examine the land use around a mall area. They will investigate human-built and natural features in the area surrounding the Madison Square Mall in Huntsville, Alabama.

 

Day 4: Land Use Around the Mall

Students will examine the land use around a mall area. They will investigate human-built and natural features in the area surrounding the Madison Square Mall in Huntsville, Alabama. They will use basic elements of aerial photo interpretation (including tone, size, texture, pattern, shadow, site, and association) to aid in identifying objects in aerial photographs.

 

Day 5: What's Hot at the Mall?

Students will investigate how shopping malls change natural environments. Students will study a mall and its immediate surroundings to understand concepts involved in the formation of urban heat islands.