Geography

Year 9 Geography

NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum (2018)

The year 9 course focuses on Australia's physical and human Geography. Students are required to explain the geographical processes that create change and be able to apply geographical knowledge and skills such as climate graphs, topographic mapping and latitude and longitude. Students also learn about where the food they eat comes from and how it is produced.

Semester 2 Topics 

Key Inquiry Questions

Assessment Tasks*

Content Focus

Possible Excursions**

Sustainable Biomes

•What are the main characteristics that differentiate the world’s biomes?

•How do people use and alter biomes for food production?

•Can the world’s biomes sustainably feed the world’s population?

•What strategies can be used to increase global food security?

Weather and Biome Report (15%)

Students examine the physical characteristics and productivity of biomes. Students examine the correlation between the world’s climatic zones and spatial distributions of biomes and their capacity to support food and non-food agricultural production. Students analyse the impact humans have on biomes in an effort to produce food and increase agricultural yields. They examine population trends and projections from Australia and across the world and forecast future food supply-and-demand issues. Challenges to food production are explored and management strategies investigated.

• Wetlands @ Botany Bay, Bonna Point

•Scenic World, Katoomba  

Changing Places

•Why has the world become more urbanised?

•How does migration impact on the concentration of people into urban places?

Interview with a Migrant (15%)

End of Course Exam (20%)

Students examine the patterns and trends in population movements and the increasing urbanisation of countries. They discuss the reasons for internal and international migration patterns and the consequences of population movements, including the increased concentration of populations within countries. Students examine strategies to create liveable and sustainable urban places, propose solutions and suggest opportunities for active citizenship.

• Pyrmont & Barangaroo

• Wollongong

Year 10 Geography

NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum

The sustainable management of issues regarding a successful future for Australia. For this to be the case knowledge of civics and the role of active citizenship is important for young Australians. In year 10 the focus includes Australia's role within the Asia Pacific region and its role within the global community.

  Semester 2 Topics

Key Inquiry Questions

Assignment Tasks*

Content Focus

Possible Excursions**

Environmental Change and Management

•How do environments function?

•How do people’s worldviews affect their attitudes to and use of environments?

Website Creation (15%)

Students develop an understanding of the functioning of environments and the scale of human-induced environmental change challenging sustainability. They explore worldviews influencing approaches to environmental use and management. Students undertake an investigative study of the causes and consequences of environmental change in an environment in Australia and another country. They compare and evaluate the management responses in both countries and propose ways individuals can contribute to environmental sustainability.

•Coastal Management @ Wanda Beach Cronulla

•Ingleside  

•Frenchs Forest

Human Wellbeing

•What makes human wellbeing a geographical issue?

Research Task and Report (15%)

End of Course Exam (20%)

Students examine the nature of, and differences in, human wellbeing and development that exist within and between countries. They describe ways of measuring human wellbeing and development to reveal spatial variations and develop explanations for differences. Students investigate examples from Australia and across the world of issues affecting development, the impact on human wellbeing and the consequences of spatial variations across scales. Local, national and global initiatives to improve human wellbeing are also examined.

• Barangaroo

• Pyrmont Walk

• Rosebay