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Geography.mp4VCE Geography teacher: Owen Lalor & Students
VCE Geography teacher: Owen Lalor & Students
Learning Area Leader: Ms McCormick
Learning Area Leader: Ms McCormick
Career Paths / Future Directions:
Administration, Agriculture, Business, Environmental Management & Research, Journalism, Local Government, Public Policy, Science, Social Research, Teaching, Urban Planning & Development, Economist, Lawyer, Diplomacy, Mining, Real Estate, Meteorology, Cartography.
Unit 1 – Hazards and Disasters (Code: GEOG11)
Unit 1 – Hazards and Disasters (Code: GEOG11)
Description
In this area of study students examine hazards and hazard events before engaging in a study of at least two specific hazards at a range of scales. The selection of hazards should allow students to use visual representations and topographical maps at various scales and undertake fieldwork.
Areas of Study
Characteristics of Hazards and Disasters e.g. Volcanoes
Responding to Hazards and Disasters
Outcomes
On completion of the unit students should be able to:
Describe and explain the nature of hazards and impacts of hazard events at a range of scales.
Analyse and explain the nature, purpose and effectiveness of a range of responses to selected hazards and disasters.
Assessment
Fieldwork Report
Structured Questions
Test, Exam and Data Analysis
Unit 2 – Tourism (Code: GEOG22)
Unit 2 – Tourism (Code: GEOG22)
Description
In this area of study students examine the characteristics of tourism, the location and distribution of different types of tourism and tourist destinations and the factors affecting different types of tourism.
Areas of Study
Characteristics of tourism, where it has developed, its various forms it takes
How it changes countries and impacts people and environments
Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Describe and explain the nature of tourism at a range of scales.
Analyse and explain the impacts of different types of tourism.
Assessment
Fieldwork Report
Research Report (Multimedia Presentation)
Test, Exam and Data Analysis
Unit 3 – Changing the Land (Code: GEOG33)
Unit 3 – Changing the Land (Code: GEOG33)
Description
This unit focuses on two investigations of geographical change: change to land cover and change to land use. Land cover includes biomes such as forest, grassland, tundra and wetlands, as well as land covered by ice and water.
Areas of Study
Investigate the processes and impacts of land use change
Global land cover and changes that have occurred over time
Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Analyse and describe land use change and assess its impacts.
Describe and explain the processes that result in changes to land cover.
Assessment
Fieldwork Report (Fieldwork Report)
Data Analysis
Unit 4 – Human Population (Code: GEOG44)
Unit 4 – Human Population (Code: GEOG44)
Description
In this unit students investigate the geography of human populations. They explore the patterns of population change, movement and distribution, and how governments, organisations and individuals have responded to those changes in different parts of the world.
Areas of Study:
Global phenomena
Global Responses
Outcomes
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
Describe and explain population dynamics on a global scale.
Analyse, describe and explain the nature of significant population issues and challenges in selected locations and evaluate responses.
Assessment
Data Analysis
Short Answer Tests
Report
Unit 3 & 4 Assessment
Unit 3 School Assessed Coursework 25%
Unit 4 School Assessed Coursework 25%
Written Examination 50%
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