Geography is the structured way of learning, analysing and understanding the characteristics of places that make up our world, using the concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change. Geography uses and inquiry approach to assist students to make meaning of their world. It teaches them to respond to questions in a distinctively geographic way, to plan, to collect, interpret, analyse, evaluate and make predictions. Students conduct fieldwork, map and interpret a range of data and are encouraged to think critically and creatively.
How can we live in cities of the future?
What is going on with the weather and climate?
Students will examine elements of weather. They will analyse and construct weather and climate maps and graphs. They will explore variations in climate across Australia and around the world and consider factors that affect these. They will research severe weather events such as cyclones, droughts and tornadoes. Students investigate the causes, evidence, and challenges of climate change.
Students will examine how urban environments are changing locally and globally and the factors contributing to these changes. They will investigate the social and environmental impacts of these on people and environments. They will explore issues related to urban growth such as energy, transport, housing affordability and urban sprawl. Students will visit Geelong City to consider management strategies used by urban planners around the world to create sustainable cities and create a plan to make Geelong more liveable.
A range of assessment tasks will be used including: