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Elective Geography aims to make Geography accessible, practical and relevant for all students. The course develops students’ capacity to develop geographical skills, knowledge, understanding, values and an appreciation for a changing world.
Elective Geography aims to make Geography accessible, practical and relevant for all students. The course develops students’ capacity to develop geographical skills, knowledge, understanding, values and an appreciation for a changing world.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN
Exciting topics may include (but are not limited to)
Year 9 Topics
Physical Geography, Primary Production of Goods and Services, Australia’s Neighbours, Interactions and Patterns within the Asia-Pacific Region
Year 10 Topics
Oceanography, Global Citizenship, Political Geography, Resource Geography, School-developed Option
HOW WILL YOU LEARN
HOW WILL YOU LEARN
Physical, digital and inquiry based learning
Range of fieldwork opportunities
Hands-on and active learning
Interest in developing technology skills
Willingness to explore a range of technological ways to express creativity
HOW WILL YOU BE ASSESSED
HOW WILL YOU BE ASSESSED
A range of tasks and assessments including outdoors fieldwork, geographical skills quizzes and assessment, group-based geographical inquiry tasks, practical demonstrations, individual inquiry based research tasks, yearly examinations
PATHWAYS
PATHWAYS
Cartographer, travel agent, environmental scientists, climatologist, meteorologist, education, urban planner, sustainability officer, animal conservation, foreign aid worker, landscape architect, demographer, natural hazard and disaster management, conservationist, social and transport planner, natural resource management, geomorphologist
Elective Charge 2021: $0
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