WFHS APHG
GEOGRAPHERS IN ACTION

 WELCOME TO APHG!  Throughout the year we will participate in several projects and fieldwork opportunities. Check out this page frequently to see geography in action!

 

Mapping the World!! 

 

 

 

 

2nd Hour Students spend some time becoming acquainted with their brand new APHG textbooks!

 

     

Understanding perspective is crucial to understanding geography. This lesson using storybook images was a fun way to understand how perspectives can change with more information. 

 

 

                             

Population Pyramids can tell us a lot of significant information about  the social, political, and economic influences on a country's development. Students in 1st hour analyze student-created population pyramids, and evaluate population trends and patterns in the United States from 1940-2020.  Great conversations and questions were generated during this activity!

 

 

Culture Field Study: Downtown St. Francisville 

APHG students explored downtown St. Francisville from a geographic lens. During our field study, students examined how religion, folk and pop culture, and language have impacted our town's cultural landscape. 

 

    

Students explore downtown St. Francisville and see historial  remnants of Bayou Sara.  Also, students find a real example of sequent occupance behind West Feliciana school board office behind the Julius Freyhan building where they found a Jewish synagogue, now a Presybyterian church, and memorial benches to past graduates of the former school, including the Class of 1925! 

 

GROCERY STORE FOOD STUDY:

WHERE DOES OUR FOOD COME FROM?? 

Students got a "behind the scenes"  grand tour of the inner workings of the Audubon Market. 

       

 

Why does most of our produce come from Chile? During our tour we learned how supply and demand really impact where our food derives and how much it costs. We also learned about the safety meausres that the produce and meat departments have to take in order to ensure high quality goods. We were able to apply the strengths and weaknesses of the Von Thunen model to modern day production, processing, and distribution of goods to local markets. 

 

 

EXPLORING ASIAN MARKET, BATON ROUGE, LA

SCAVENGER HUNT!

 

  

 

 

URBAN FIELD STUDY: OLD SOUTH BATON ROUGE

 

 

 

 "Old South Baton Rouge," a neighboorhood in North Baton Rouge, is still impacted by the Interstate Construction. Our tour begins at McKinley High School Alumni Center, which was the lies on the site of  the first African American high school in Baton Rouge, LA. When the school closed, the community held fundraisers and applied for grants, so the building could become a museum to celebrate the rich history of Old South Baton Rouge.  

 

 

                                                                             

 

ENERGY SUPERHEROES

 

Students researched various types of energy sources and created "Energy Superheroes"

                                 

 "Glo Girl" fueled by uranium.                                                                                              "Sunray" fueled by solar power. 

 

RIVERBEND FIELD STUDY
Understanding the uses of nuclear energy and how it impacts our community.  After listening to various engineers about the innerworkings of nuclear energy, students visited the simulator room and controlled SPOT, an agile remote robot.  

 

 

  

                                   

 

AP EXAM PREPARATION

 

Throughout the year, students learned the importance of studying in groups.They found it was much easier to understand difficult concepts when working together!

 

              

Chalk Walk of important concepts                                            AP Study Night at the WF Parish Library