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Year 7

Unit 1:  Investigating the World

Focus: An introduction to the discipline of Geography and the nature of geographical inquiry.

 

The Nature of Geography

Earth

  • The physical elements of environments
  • The human elements of environments
  • The interaction of the physical and human elements

Our World

  • Global representation using maps
  • The importance and use of latitude
  • The importance and use of longitude
  • Global patterns of physical and human features

Geographical research

  • Key geographical questions
  • Fieldwork

World Heritage Sites

 

ICT

  • Create a desktop-published document for a specific audience
  • Develop and refine search techniques using the internet

 

Unit 2: Global Environments

Focus: The geographical processes that form and transform global environments, and human interactions within environments.

Global environments

  • Types of global environments and their location
  • The spatial distribution of the selected global environment
  • The major geographical processes that operate within the chosen environment
  • The way humans, including indigenous groups, interact with the environment
  • At least ONE community and the way it interacts with the selected global environment

Giraffes running in Africa

 

ICT

  • Collect and interpret electronic information
  • Design and create a multimedia presentation

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