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Observation Outcomes

Questions: What does social interaction mean for visitors at Porter Ranch Park?

· What kind of exercises people do in the park?

· How people familiar with using equipment and sports at parks?

· What are the most points in the park where people interaction?

· Why do people come to the parks?

Open Codes	Observation Notes
Weather	March 5, 2023 Porter Ranch Park 52F Cloudy and light rain 3 PM to 6 PM
	Unfortunately, when the time I came to the park, the weather was cloudy, and there are some light rains and expected that I would not find anyone in the garden. Fortunately, there were many people around the park, as well as most of the parks suddenly are full. So, I took my seat in a place where I can observe all people and watch them.
Sports Sports	On the first basketball field there are 3 people and one basketball who were exercising and sharing the ball with each other. In the other basketball field. There are also 3 people, but they play with 3 balls.
Recreational Activities Weather	On the side of the weeds, there is a parent playing with their daughter and their son with the frisbee, and this family was very moving as they play with a frisbee. After that, the family They took a place and spread a rug to eat their lunch, but because of the bad weather, they left the garden and did not complete their food.
Exercise Weather	There is also a couple who walk alone around the garden and the man holds on his hand an umbrella. Then they decide to leave after the rains began to increase.
Crowd Fitness equipment Playground equipment Crowd Noise	There is also another group consisting of two mothers, 4 young children, and a baby. They play in the location of the fitness equipment for adults and away from the kid’s area. Some of the kids play the ball and other hangs on the fitness equipment. After that, they came back to the playground equipment and the kids started playing on the swing, slide, and tunnel. Then it seems that all the children decided to go to the restroom, one after another, so the mother guides her children from afar loudly while she is playing with young children in the main play square. I remember that the children mentioned the word mommy more than 100 times.
Exercise Interacting with dogs	There is also a man walking alone around the garden. On the other hand, there is an old woman who is walking with her dog in the parks’ grass, and it seems that the dog enjoys and inspects the trees.
Sports Crowd	Once again, there are two men reaching in different cars, but they seem to know each other because they started talking with each other, then they joined the first group of basketball. After the number of people in the first stadium increased to 6 people and started challenging the throwing of basketball in the goal by giving each person an attempt to throw.
Exercise Weather	There are also two old men who walk with two sticks, talk to each other, and only indicate trees with their stick. They seem to wear heavy suits to protect them from rain.
Crowd Sports	It seems that the basketball field today is the most active. Once again, a father arrives with his son, carry a basketball, and they take the right side from the stadium.
Weather Recreational Activities	Then there is a man who fly a drone over the garden, and this is surprising that the weather is cloudy and there is light rain. Then he hangs around the park and moves towards his drone randomly as if he was playing with it.
Crowd Playground equipment	Then there is another family with parents, two young children. They were carrying many purposes with them, such as a baby carrier and stroller. Then, the father was playing inside the game with his little girl, and the mother was playing with her phone and watching her little baby.
Weather Sports Exercise	Although the rains lasted for some time, and there are those who returned from the garden, and some remain. Such as the brave young people who play basketball under the harsh weather conditions. There is a Family came immediately after the rain consisting of a father, mother and two children, and the children initially rushed towards the games, but they did not play, and the family took a walk and walked around the garden.
Sports Exercise	There is also a young boy who plays a football alone near the trees, suddenly, he threw the ball over the tree and hung. After that, one guy came and climbed the tree to land the ball from the tree and was able to land it despite the large tree. I don’t know how he was able to climb, but he seems strong.
Crowd Playground equipment	Also, in the same area of children’s games, another family consisting of parents with a little girl. Although in the meantime, the atmosphere was unstable, but the big roof was protecting the kids from light rain. Of course, the parents were playing their daughter, who shares playing in turn with other children.

Open Codes	Counts	Quotation Examples
Weather	7	“Although the rains lasted for some time, and there are those who returned from the garden, and some remain.”
Sports	6	“There are 3 people and one basketball who were exercising and sharing the ball with each other.”
Recreational Activities	3	“Then he hangs around the park and moves towards his drone randomly as if he was playing with it.”
Exercise	5	“There is also a man walking alone around the garden.”
Crowd	6	“The number of people in the first stadium increased to 6 people and started challenging the throwing of basketball”
Fitness equipment	1	“They play in the location of the fitness equipment for adults”
Playground equipment	3	“They came back to the playground equipment and the kids started playing on the swing, slide, and tunnel”
Noise	1	“The children mentioned the word mommy more than 100 times”
Interacting with dogs	1	“There is an old woman who is walking with her dog in the park’s grass”

Focused Codes	Open Codes
Group Activities	Crowd, Noise
Park Equipment	Fitness equipment, Playground equipment
physical activity	Exercise, Sports
specific interaction	Recreational Activities, Interacting with dogs

Although the garden in which I reside with my observation is small, I cannot narrow the scope of my observation. The initial results of my observation made me think that although the park is designed for children, the children's play areas are not the most active place and has crowd, as well as the rest of the facilities, everything has something special such as fitness equipment. Fortunately for me, there were differences in the activities of all individuals in the park. And each family has a distinctive character to enjoy the atmosphere such as recreational activities. Also, although the weather is cloudy and there is light rain at times, there are families and individuals who want to have fun and change their mood. It's good to see people spending their time being physically active in the exercise & sports category.

What types of Group Activities were observed? When anyone enters the park, he notices that there is only one big place in the garden that contains children's games (Playground equipment), as well as two basketball courts. Until my observation led me to an unexpected conclusion. Although the children's area always has children, their numbers are not many compared to the number of families that come with their children to the park. Many families prefer walking and picnicking around the park. As for the area of the two basketball courts, it was surprisingly full, specifically the first court. There was a group on each side of the basketball goal.

What type of Physical Activity were observed? Although there are facilities such as a place for volleyball and a place for heavy equipment, which are completely empty, most of the visitors to the park who come without children and some with children prefer to practice walking. Some of them run, as each one performs a specific Exercise. With different ages, I remember that there were two old people walking together despite the harsh weather.

What types of Specific Interaction were observed? I was surprised by some individuals who come to the garden and practice their own hobbies. There was a man who came alone and flew a drone. There is also an old woman who came with her dog. Also, that family that was playing Frisbee.