Barrenjoey High School

Objectives

Students will develop:

HSC Outcomes

A student:

1. The characteristics and spatial distribution of environments;

H1 explains the changing nature, spatial patterns and interaction of ecosystems, urban places and economic activity;

H2 explains the factors which place ecosystems at risk and the reasons for their protection;

H3 analyses contemporary urban dynamics and applies them in specific contexts;

H4 analyses the changing spatial and ecological dimensions of an economic activity;

H5 evaluates environmental management strategies in terms of ecological sustainability;

H6 evaluates the impacts of and responses of people to environmental change;

H7 justifies geographical methods applicable and useful in the workplace and relevant to a changing world;

H8 plans geographical inquiries to analyse and synthesise information from a variety of sources;

H9 evaluates geographical information and sources for usefulness, validity and reliability;

H10 applies maps, graphs and statistics, photographs, and fieldwork to analyse and integrate data in the geographical text;

H11 applies mathematical ideas and techniques to analyse geographical data;

H12 explains geographical patterns, processes and future trends through appropriate case studies and illustrative examples;

H13 communicates complex geographical information, ideas and issues effectively, using appropriate written and/or oral, cartographic and graphic forms.

2. The processes that form and transform the features and patterns of the environment;

3. the global and local forces which impact on people, ecosystems, urban places and economic activity;

4. The contribution of a geographical perspective;

5. The student develops skills to:

· investigate geographically

· communicate geographically