L1 Geography - Full Year (KA) |

Course Overview

Geography is about the natural and cultural environments and how these interact. It is how we use the land and make it sustainable for the future. Geography is the study of how the people and the landscape affect each other. There are many environments that humans live in and interact with. We will study many different environments, and processes that act upon them. Climatic and water processes will feature along with tectonic and alpine processes in the latter part of the year.

Spatial patterns and the distribution of features is a key concept in Geography. This course will investigate several global patterns, and study the factors creating them. There are several world environments that will be covered. Students will explore an environment and analyse field data with guidance from the teacher. This data will be about the Taruheru river in Gisborne.

Topics covered include:

- (I)Spatial Distribution - Population/ Rainforests /Tropical Cyclones /Coffee/

- (I)Explore an environment using data - An investigation of a given data set guided by the teacher. [Taruheru River]

- (E) Processes of the environment - Tongariro Volcanic Zone [Tectonics/Alpine]

- (E)Perspectives - External exam with resources booklet provided.

- Contemporary Geographic Issues - / Road degradation of NZ regions/impacts of extreme weather

Tags covered include

Geography

The Teacher

Morgan Scott

0Students 2 Courses

Course Details

What will students be able to do after completing your course?

Learning Goal 1

Understand how environments that have been shaped by extreme natural event(s)

Learning Goal 2

Understand population concepts.

Learning Goal 3

Conduct geographic research.

Learning Goal 4

Investigate a contemporary New Zealand geographic issue.

Subject Area/s

Social Sciences

Prior learning needed

Open entry

Online learning technologies used

Google Classroom; Zoom

Duration

School Year

Course Start Date

05 Feb 2025

Course End Date

19 Nov 2025

Taught in

English

NZQA or NCEA based programme

Yes

Level/s

NCEA Level 1

Micro-credential

Standard No *	Standard title	credit value	Internal/External	Completion
91932 v3	Demonstrate understanding of the spatial distribution of a phenomenon and its impacts on place	5	Internal	End of Term 1
91933 v3	Explore an environment using data	5	Internal	End of Term 2
91934 v3	Demonstrate understanding of how natural processes shape an environment	5	External	Term 3
91935 v3	Demonstrate understanding of decision-making in response to a geographic challenge in the wider Pacific region	5	External	Term 4

Access to Google Apps Youtube (to view private videos) websites. WhatsApp. Google Hangouts and Google Classroom will support the main VC platform of ZOOM. Students are encouraged to have their own devices with camera and microphone capabilities. Students will be expected to use the following textbook. This course will use this text and students will be expected to have read the material prior to their contact hour. ESA Level 1 geography study guide. The ISBN: 978-1-927194-02-7. This is available from ESA Publications

NetNZ (& VLNC) Exchange

Learning Exchange

1.00 placement

OR Cost

$2371.00

Class size

2 - 20