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St Joseph’s College, Echuca
Year 11 Geography
Unit 1: Temperate Forests
Assessment: Keynote Presentation
Context: On completion of this unit the student should be able to
analyse and explain the changes in natural environments due to natural
processes and human activity.
Task:
Prepare an Keynote presentation explaining:
1. Biodiversity present in the temperate forest of Victoria
Park.
2. Changes due to natural processes in Victoria Park.
3. Changes due to human activity in Victoria Park.
 There will be three field trips and a follow up lesson after
each where you can improve your notes, research more
information and include class notes. At the end of third
lesson you will need to submit your presentation for
grading.
Hand in your field work data sheets at the end of each field trip.
These will be kept and distributed during the next lesson.
Name: _______________
Date: ________________
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Field Trip 1: Biodiversity present in the
temperate forest of Victoria Park.
Section A: Context:
1. Environments can be classified in terms of the four spheres,
hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere and atmosphere.
Hydrosphere
What role does
water play in
determining the
nature of this
environment?
Lithosphere
What kind of soils
are present in this
environment?
Where?
Atmosphere
How would you
describe the range
of winds and rainfall
that this area
receives?
Biosphere
What is the name of
this kind of forest
and how would you
describe it?
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2. Areas can also be described in terms of their geographic
characteristics. Remember that geography is the study of how
people interact with their environment, so that any decription of
the geography of an area should take this into account.
If you were a town planner and your task was to promote Victoria Park to
your colleagues from another city how would you do it? It may help to
think that you are applying for funding, so you are trying to talk it up.
Vic Park is….
3. Another way of understanding the characteristics of an area is to
describe them in terms of their spatial concepts. Describe Victoria Park
in terms of
Location
Where something is.
Where is Victoria Park
Can be relative
located?
(compass directions) or
absolute (GPS).
Scale
Size in relation to
something else (as on a
map).
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How large is Victoria
Park compared to
other parks in Echuca?
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Distance
… between two
locations. (time + km)
How far is Victoria
Park from the town
centre?
How long would it take
to walk, or drive
there?
Distribution
Pattern formed by real
things as seen on a
map.
Describe the
distribution of River
Red Gums in Victoria
Park, or the roads.
(Check an aerial
photograph first).
Region
An area that has a
particular
characteristic that
distinguishes it from
another area.
What region does
Victoria Park belong
to? What are the
unique characteristics
of this region?
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Section B: Data Gathering
4. Include photographs and a description of where you found…
 River Red Gum
 Grey Box
 Silver Wattle
 Cherry Ballart
 Native Pine
 Salt bush
 Wirrikee Wattle
 Native Flax
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 Other…
5. Trace the outline of a leaf of a river red gum tree. Next to your
diagram write what you notice about the condition of the leaf. What does
this tell you about the tree?
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6. What interactions did you notice between living things in the Victoria
Park environment? Describe one in as much detail as you can. How does
this help the organism to survive, or what challenge does this present to
the organism surviving in this environment?
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