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, 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.
What are the features of rivers and the processes which create them?
What is the importance of rivers and how can we manage them sustainably into the future?
How do we measure human wellbeing and what factors influence a places development?
How can we manage global inequality and human wellbeing into the future?
Students explore the features and formation of riverine systems. They examine the distribution of rivers in Australia and around the world. They investigate the uses and impacts of these on people and the environment. They undertake and investigation into the Barwon River and evaluate the management strategies used to improve the sustainability of these rivers. Students conduct fieldwork along the river to make observations, collect data and report on the issues and challenges facing the river.
Students will examine the uneven distribution of wealth around the world and discuss the factors that determine this. They undertake research to compare the living conditions of people living in developed and developing countries. Students will evaluate strategies used at local, regional and global scales to improve the living conditions and human wellbeing. Students will analyse and construct a range of maps, graphs and images along with the use of geospatial technology systems to interpret and preduct future trends and patterns They will conduct fieldwork to compare inequalities between Melbourne suburbs and consider factors that contribute to these, and plan improvements for human wellbeing.
A range of assessment tasks will be used including:
mapping tasks
practical exercises
research reports
fieldwork
examination