This course requires 2 options.
Level 3 Geography
Although next year timetables are yet to be finalised, course selection is now finished. Any changes to student courses will now take place in January.
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr J. Gunn.
L3 Geography is a University Entrance approved course and offers the opportunity for students to gain the 5 Reading and 5 Writing credits for U.E. Literacy.
Geography equips students with the skills to interpret the world in which they live. 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; natural features and processes of a coastal environment, field trip based research, planning and decision making processes, impacts of accelerating global tourism, geography issues including the use of 1080 poison/predator control in N.Z. as well as geographic skills and concepts. Geography students are better able to make sense of a complex and changing world and their place in it. In Geography, students have the opportunity to think spatially, look at the processes that shape our world, develop an awareness of the connections between people and places.
Level Three Geography offers students a range of ways to gain their 14 Academic Credits. Students can gain all the necessary credits for U.E. Literacy by completing one internal and two externals. Refer to table below.
It is expected that students will complete four of the standards below.
Subject Overview
Term 1
Geographic Concepts - Sustainability, Change, Interaction, Patterns, Processes, Perspectives, Environment
Coastal Rakaia Geographic Research, including field trip
Coastal Processes and interactions in a natural environment
Geographic Skills and Concepts ongoing
Term 2
Coastal Processes and interactions in a natural environment
Global Patterns as a result of human activity - a study of a temporal pattern based on International Tourist Arrivals
Geographic Skills and Concepts ongoing
Term 3
Geographic Issue - focus Predator Free NZ 2050 New Zealand
Perspectives and Courses of Action. Making a justified decision about the best way froward
Geographic Skills and Concepts ongoing
Term 4
Revision for Externals. Geographic Skills and Concepts + Natural Processes
Recommended Prior Learning
L2 Geography or another Social Science subject or by discussion with Mr Gunn in G4.
What to find out more, drop into G4 and have a chat with Mr Gunn.
Approximate Costs and Equipment/Stationery
Two Field Trips. Rakaia Coastal geographic research. Local Skills based field trip. As these are curriculum based day trips, there is currently no charge.
Assessment Information
Students gain gain there full UE Literacy requirements by completing two internals and two externals. (3.6, 3.7, 3.1, 3.4)Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Geography 3.1 - Demonstrate understanding of how interacting natural processes shape a New Zealand geographic environment
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Geography 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a given environment(s) through selection and application of geographic concepts and skills
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Geography 3.5 - Conduct geographic research with consultation
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Geography 3.6 - Analyse aspects of a contemporary geographic issue
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Geography 3.7 - Analyse aspects of a geographic topic at a global scale
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 19
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.