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GEOGRAPHY

UNIT 1& 2 • What is geography?• Unit Outline• Assessment• Materials and Textbooks• Expectations• Where could geography lead to? • Headstart

State Highway 80, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, NZ

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What is geography? A study/story/investigation about…• Where is it?• What is there?• Who is involved in it?• Why is it there?• How are places and phenomena

connected?• What are the effects of it being

there? • How should it be managed for the

mutual benefit of humanity and the natural environment?

To answer these questions, data analysis skills are also required

These simple questions are applied to all case studies investigated.

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1.01 Task A

Data Analysis Development1. Identify the region pictured.2. Suggest what the colours on the map demonstrate.Answers to Q. 1 and 23. Describe the distribution of this identified theme using PEEQS.

• Pattern• Examples• Exceptions• Quantification• Substantial

4. Suggest reasons for the distribution described in Q. 4. 5. Predict why economists/politicians/ individuals would be interested in this data.

Housing affordability in Melbourne by Local Government Area, based on the average Victorian income

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Data AnalysisDiscuss what this data shows .Suggest why this data could be useful.

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Data AnalysisDiscuss what this data shows.Suggest why this data could be useful.

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Unit 1: Hazards and DisastersAreas of Study Content

1. Characteristics of hazards

2. Responses to hazards and disasters

• Hazards and Disasters• Geologic hazard:

• Tsunamis (and earthquakes)• Hydro-meteorological hazard:

• Bushfires • Biological hazards:

• Infectious disease i.e. HIV/AIDS and Ebola

• Invasive species• Technological hazards

• Climate Change• Radiation Leaks or Oil Spills

• Fieldwork

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Unit 2: TourismAreas of Study Content

1. Characteristics of tourism

2. Impact of tourism

• Domestic and International tourism• Factors which affect tourism e.g. disaster,

disease, conflicts, international agreements, national policies, technology etc.

• Environmental and economic impacts• Case Studies

• Hunting: Cecil the Lion & Sunbears• Aust: Great Barrier Reef &

Melbourne/Phillip Is.• Ecotourism in Kamchatka, Russia

• Fieldwork

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Assessment

Unit 1: Hazards and Disasters

• Test: Geography Skills• Fieldwork Report: Bushfires • Case Study: Invasive

species• Test: Hazards and Disasters

x2

• [Unit 1 Exam]

Unit 2: Tourism

• Fieldwork Report: Tourism in Melbourne/ Phillip Is. (TBC)

• Case Study: International Tourism

• Test: Tourism

• [Unit 2 Exam]

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Subject Specific Materials Binder PVC 4 RingColoured Pencils and Finelinerx2 96 Page Punched Binder Book

or Lined Paper and Subject dividers x5 or x10

1. Course Information2. Geography Skills3. Unit 1 Content4. Unit 1 Revision5. Unit 2 Content6. Unit 2 Revision

Spirax A3 Sketch Pad (for assignments)

*Tracing paper will be supplied in class when required.

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Textbooks

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TextbooksThe geography textbooks are published by Units. You will need to purchase the Unit 1 text and the Unit 2 text through Campion Online.

You have a choice of • Electronic text• Paper text Recommended

• Paper plus Electronic bundle More detail on prices here: http://www.gtav.asn.au/resources/upcoming-new-gtav-senior-geography-textbook-series/upcoming-new-gtav-senior-geography-textbook-series

The textbooks will not be published until January 2016, but Chapter 1 for Unit 1 has been released on the following website:• https://www.gtav.asn.au/resources/vce-resources • Unit 1: Chapter 1 must be downloaded to complete headstart homework. A paper

copy has also been provided to you.

Note: The eBook does not allow you to download a PDF version. EBooks are only valid for 12 months and cannot be resold at the end of the year.

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Work Expectations • Learning

• Be on time and be prepared for class• Participate and respect others’ opinions• The only silly question is a question unasked. • Complete all set tasks• Organise all resources and work• Seek assistance when required• Revise thoroughly• Ensure that you can be proud of the effort you have

made by the end of each Unit.• Attendance

• You need to be here! • Email me before/after absence/s• Catch up on missed work

• Assessment• Satisfactory or Not Satisfactory (see grading scale)• Medical Certificate for absences

Grade Percentage A+ 95 - 100

A 90 - 94

B+ 85 - 89

B 80 - 84

C+ 75 - 79

C 65 - 74

D+ 60 - 64

D 50 - 59

E+ 45- 49

E 40 - 44

U <40

MCC Grading Scale

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Career Paths in Geography• International development

• E.g. United Nations • Civil and environmental

engineering• Conservation management• Urban (town) Planning• Transport Planning• Social Planning• Environmental science• Politician• Research• Tourism

• Land remediation• National and international law• Foreign policy development

(international law)• Journalism• Communications• Economist• Environmental consultancy • Secondary Teacher• Research scientist e.g.

biochemistry• Lawyers• Community development

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1.01 Task B

Data Analysis Development1. Identify the features which

are missing from this map.2. Identify the region

pictured.3. Suggest what the numbers

on the map demonstrate.SHOW ANSWERS4. Describe the distribution of

this identified theme using PEEQS.

• Pattern• Examples• Exceptions• Quantification• Substantial

5. Suggest reasons for the distribution described in Q. 4.

6. Predict why economists/politicians would be interested in this data.

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Headstart• Set up subject folders on MacBook. Include subfolders for

Course Information, Unit 1 and Unit 2. • Download the 2016-2020 Study Design from Learning

Areas.• View the headstart work to be completed.• All work is due in the first geography lesson of 2016.

• I look forward to meeting you all! Thank you Mrs. Simmons!