This course requires 2 options.
Level 1 Geography
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr J. Gunn

Learn about how both people and nature shape the environments in which we live. Investigate and interpret geographic patterns, features and processes including how these change over time. Key areas of study include; rivers, field trip based research, earthquakes, coffee production, geospatial mapping, skills and concepts, as well as sustainable tourism. Geography equips students with the skills to interpret the world in which they live. This course assists students in both Level One Literacy and Numeracy
Subject Overview
Term 1
Geographic Concepts - Sustainability, Change, Interaction, Patterns, Processes, Perspectives, Environment
Fluvial/River Field Trip to Kowai River to carry out geographic research
Geographic Skills and Concepts ongoing
Term 2
Global Patterns as a result of human activity - based on production of resources such as coffee and pineapples
Geospatial - digital mapping, manipulation and application
Geographic Skills and Concepts ongoing
Term 3
Sustainable Tourism in Nepal
Geographic Skills and Concepts ongoing
Skills Port Hills Field Trip
Term 4
Revision for External - Geographic Skills and Concepts
Approximate Costs and Equipment/Stationery
Two Field Trips - River/Fluvial Studies to Kowai River for geographic research and Port Hills Skill based field trip. As these are curriculum based day trips there is currently no charge.
Pathway
Credit Information
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
Total Credits Available: 17 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 4 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 13 credits.
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