SUBJECT
Geography
UNIT No. G9.4
YEAR
UNIT TITLE
9 General
Biomes and Food Security
Overview: Students will develop geographical knowledge and understanding of
 the distribution and characteristics of biomes as regions with distinctive climates, soils,
vegetation and productivity (ACHGK060)
 how humans change biomes to produce food, industrial materials and fibres, and the
environmental effects of these alterations (ACHGK061)
Assessment task 1 — Supervised response to stimulus exam
Assessment task 2 — Supervised short response exam
Link to the National Curriculum
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-social-sciences/geography/rationale
CODES FOR RESOURCES: PP = Power Point, TN = Teachers Notes, SN = Student Notes, H =
Handouts,
LEARNING GOALS
SUCCESS CRITERIA
LG 1
Understand the characteristics of
biomes and the links between biomes and
climate
LG 2
Understand the distribution of biomes
and the link with climate zones
LG 3
Understand the human impact on
biomes through the process of
agriculture and the consequences of
creating agricultural land
LG 4
Understand the development of
agriculture in Australia before and after
European settlement and its impact
upon existing biomes
LG 5
Review, reinforce and extend learning
Define a biome and identify the influences that
affect biomes (L1)
LG 6
Understand the development of
agriculture internationally and
the link between wealth and
agricultural practices
Identify the trends, anomalies and outcomes of
major
agricultural practices internationally (L6)
Helpful information
Website — ESL flow.com —http://www.
eslflow.com/describinggraphstables.html
LG 7
Understand the spatial distribution and
importance of rainforests globally and
Evaluate representations of climate data (climate
graphs) and the distribution and relationship to
biomes (L2)
Represent biomes of significance (world heritage) as
a vertical column graph and evaluate the human
impact on biomes (L3)
Represent Australian agricultural data in tables and
choropleth maps (L4)
Complete unfinished work or review concepts
Interpret and analyse the spatial distribution and
trends
and make conclusions about the future (L7)
the human impact
LG 8
Understand the impacts of palm oil as
a product, its distribution and socioeconomic
factors affecting expansion
Interpret and analyse the spatial distribution and
trends
and make conclusions about the future (L8)
Helpful information
Website — ESL flow.com —http://www.
eslflow.com/describinggraphstables.html
Negotiated tasks:
LG 9
Understand how to present findings
and explanations using geographical
terminology
LG 10 - 11
Review, reinforce and extend learning
Present findings and explanations on the
development
of agriculture in Australia using geographical
terminology (L9)
Complete unfinished work or review concepts
LG 12
Understand what food security is across
different scales and Australia’s position
as a global food producer
LG 13
Understand the environmental factors
that affect food security in Australia
Evaluate what food security is across different scales
and represent Australia’s position as a global food
producer (L12)
LG 14
Understand how supply chains and the
supply and demand principle affect food
prices and food security in Australia
LG 15
Understand how supply chains and the
supply and demand principle affect food
prices and food security globally
Negotiated tasks
LG 16
Understand the technological factors
that affect food production and food
security in Australia and internationally
LG 17
Understand how to draw conclusions
using data in structured paragraphs
LG 18
Review, reinforce and extend learning
Analyse how supply chains function within Australia
(L14)
Exam
Demonstrate understanding of
representations and analyse data in
relation to environmental processes,
characteristics of biomes and the
human impact on biomes
Complete
Interpret environmental factors that affect food
production
in Australia (L13)
Analyse how supply chains function internationally
(L15)
Analyse the technological factors that affect food
production and food security in Australia and
internationally (L16)
Conclude how food security is maintained using a
decision-making matrix (L17)
Complete unfinished work or review concepts
LG 19
Understand the environmental
challenges facing future food production
in Australia
Helpful information
Website — Murray–Darling Basin
Authority — http://www.mdba.gov.au/
Negotiated tasks
LG 20
Understand the challenges facing future
food production globally
LG 21
Understand environmental capacity
to support Australian and global
populations and lifestyles
LG 22-24
Demonstrate understanding of
proposals and implications of agriculture
for the future using environmental,
social and economic criteria
Identify the environmental challenges facing future
food
production in Australia (L19)
Analyse and make conclusions about the challenges
facing future food production globally (L20)
Reflect on the environmental capacity to support
regional
and global populations and lifestyles