Whangarei Girls' High School

13GEO

Year 13 Geography

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Course Description

Students will learn how interacting processes shape natural and cultural environments, how they occur at different scales and create spatial variations.

They also learn how people’s diverse values and perceptions influence the social and economic decisions that they make.

Three external standards are taught during the year and students choose those to be examined:
• selection and application of geographic concepts and skills
• interacting natural processes, with a focus on a coastal environment - Ruakaka
• how a cultural process shapes an environment with a focus on tourism development in Waitomo

There are three internally assessed standards:
• Local geographic research on Freedom Camping
• A geographic issue on Freedom Camping in NZ
• Global pattern of a geographic topic - World Tourism
Skills:
• analysing and critical thinking
• decision making skills
• identifying and explaining viewpoints and perspectives
• research skills
• practical field work skills
• justifying and evaluating
• resource interpretation


Teacher in Charge

Denise Potter


Pathway

2020

This is a university approved subject.
Tertiary studies

Contributions and Equipment

Own electronic device - lap top or notebook is desirable
Exercise book 1B8 or 2B8
Pens, pencils, ruler, gluestick, coloured pencils
Optional 3 day field trip to Waitomo Caves - cost approximately $300


Recommended Prior Learning

Year 11 and Year 12 Geography are very desirable but not essential.


Pathway Tags

Possible future careers: Urban/Environmental/Regional/Town Planner, Immigration Officer, Intelligence Officer, Construction and Infrastructure, Geospatial Specialist, Survey Technician, Surveyor, Secondary School Teacher, Tertiary Lecturer, Geologist, Meteorologist, Travel Agent/Adviser, Historian, Retail Manager, Actor, Art Director (Film/Television/Stage), Artistic Director, Translator, Archivist, Conservator, Curator, Librarian, Library Assistant, Author, Journalist, Elected Government Representative, Policy Analyst, Barrister, Judge, Legal Executive, Solicitor, Records Adviser, Retail and Personal Services, Teaching, Demographer, Tourist Operator, Tourism Industry, Archaeologist, Anthropologist, Resource Management, Diplomat, Sociologist, Film maker, Lawyer, Social Work, Survey Technician, Volcanologist.,


Credit Information

Assessment Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91430 v2 Geography 3.5 - Conduct geographic research with consultation
3
I
5
Y
Y
A.S. 91431 v2 Geography 3.6 - Analyse aspects of a contemporary geographic issue
3
3
3
3
I
3
Y
3r
A.S. 91432 v2 Geography 3.7 - Analyse aspects of a geographic topic at a global scale
3
3
3
3
I
3
Y
A.S. 91426 v2 Geography 3.1 - Demonstrate understanding of how interacting natural processes shape a New Zealand geographic environment
3
E
4
Y
4r,4w
A.S. 91427 v2 Geography 3.2 - Demonstrate understanding of how a cultural process shapes geographic environment(s)
3
E
4
Y
4r,4w
A.S. 91429 v2 Geography 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a given environment(s) through selection and application of geographic concepts and skills
4
4
4
3
E
4
Y
4r,4w
Total Credits
4
11
23
3
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