ASSESSMENT OUTLINE 2016
ATAR GEOGRAPHY YEAR 12
Semester 1 – UNIT 3 Global Environmental Change
Assessment Type
Task Description
EGC
Weighting
Due Date
SCaSA Weighting
Geographical
Inquiry
15%
Fieldwork/Practical
Skills
15%
Short & Extended
Response
30%
Exam
40%
Task 1: Research Report
Investigate the link between land cover change and
biodiversity
Task 4: Data Analysis
Map and graph interpretation
Task 2: Short & Extended Answer
Land cover change and biodiversity loss
Task 3: Short & Extended Answer
Impacts of how land cover change is being addressed
Task 5: Semester One Exam
Covers content from whole semester
7.5%
Term 2
Week 1
7.5%
Term 2
Week 4
7.5%
7.5%
20%
Term 1
Week 5
Term 1
Week 9
Term 2
Week 6
Semester 2 – UNIT 4 Planning Sustainable Places
Assessment Type
Task Description
EGC
Weighting
Due Date
SCaSA Weighting
Geographical
Inquiry
15%
Fieldwork/Practical
Skills
15%
Short & Extended
Response
30%
Exam
40%
Task 2: Challenges in a Megacity
Congestion & waste management in New York
7.5%
Term 3
Week 5
Task 4: Data Analysis
Map and graph interpretation
7.5%
Term 3
Week 9
Task 1: Short & Extended Response
Challenges facing places
Task 3: Short & Extended Response
Planning responses & sustainability in New York
Task 5: Semester Two Exam
Exam on both Semester One & Two content
7.5%
7.5%
20%
Term 2
Week 10
Term 3
Week 8
Term 4
Week 1
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COURSE OUTLINE 2016
ATAR GEOGRAPHY YEAR 12
Week
Topics/Syllabus
Assessment
Resources
Term 1
1
2-3
4
5-6
7 - 10
Week
Overview of nature, extent cause & consequences of land
cover change: Define the concepts of environment, natural
and anthropogenic biomes, land cover change, ecosystem
structure & dynamics, biodiversity loss, climate change &
sustainability. Identify & classify examples of land cover
changes.
Geographical skills: mapping, remote sensing skills,
statistical data, ICT & geographical information systems.
Implications of anthropogenic biomes to the functioning of the
world’s ecosystems. Impact of world population growth,
growing affluence, advances in technology on the nature, rate
& extent of land cover change & biodiversity loss.
Land cover change: Processes of land cover change.
Differences in the process of land cover change between
countries. Projecting changes in land cover. Indigenous
peoples’ land management practices & their impact on land
over time. Impacts of land cover on local & regional
environments.
World Biomes: Spatial distribution of the world’s biomes. Key
elements of ecosystem structure and dynamics.
Biodiversity: Causes & rate of declining biodiversity. Fossil
records. Loss of ecosystems as a major type of evidence for
loss of biodiversity in recent human history. Projected impacts
of loss of biodiversity. Interrelationships between land cover &
biodiversity loss. Effects of biodiversity loss in natural &
anthropogenic biomes.
Topics/Syllabus
textbook
Task 1- handout
Due Term 2
Week 1
textbook
textbook
Task 2
Week 5
Task 3
Week 9
Assessment
textbook
textbook
Resources
Term 2
1-2
3-4
5
6
Land cover restoration: Land cover restoration &
rehabilitation, mitigation of future land cover changes, including
preservation strategies.
Land management: How agroforestry addresses the impact of
land & soil degradation in the Western Australian wheat belt.
Evaluation of
agroforestry,
giving consideration
to
environmental, economic & social benefit & costs. Evaluation
of one alternative approach to the management of land & soil
degradation in the Western Australian wheat belt. Using the
concepts of sustainability to determine the extent to which the
approach has the potential to address the issue into the future.
Revision:
Revision of semester one course
Exam:
Semester one examination
Task 1 Due
Week 1
textbook
Task 4
Week 4
textbook
textbook
Task 5
Week 6
textbook
Task 2- handout
textbook
END OF SEMESTER 1
Overview of places & their challenges: Process of
7-8
9 - 10
Week
urbanization & its implications for world population growth &
human wellbeing in urban & rural places. Economic &
environmental interdependence of urban & rural places.
Historical, cultural, economic & environmental factors that have
contributed to the spatial distribution or urban and rural places
in Australia. Processes of urban sprawl, invasion & succession
renewal, planning, land use competition, inertia &
agglomeration that have contributed to the characteristics &
functions of urban and rural places in Australia. Changing
demographic,
economic
&
social
characteristics,
socioeconomic & cultural distribution in urban & rural places in
Australia.
Challenges facing places: Overview of challenges facing
rural & remote places in Australia. Overview of challenges
facing megacities & Australian metropolitan & regional centres
Due Term 3 Week
5
Topics/Syllabus
Assessment
Task 1
Week 10
textbook
Resources
Term 3
1 -3
4-5
6-9
10
Week
Depth Study- Perth: Geographical inquiry skills. Investigate
Perth’s site, situation, internal & external morphology &
functions, demographics, challenges of transportation,
congestion, environmental degradation, urban sprawl.
Investigate nature, scope & causes of each challenge & the
implications for metropolitan Perth. Views & attitudes of major
stakeholder groups related to each challenge.
Planning strategies: Range of planning strategies that have
been used to address each challenge & how these compare
with &/or have been informed by responses implemented in
other places both inside & outside Australia. Extent to which
the planning strategies adopted in metropolitan Perth have
been or could be informed by the concept of sustainability.
Strategies adopted in metropolitan Perth to address these
challenges. Extent to which these strategies have enhanced its
sustainability & liveability.
Depth study- New York: New York’s site, situation, internal &
external morphology & functions, demographics. Challenges
with congestion & waste management. Investigate the nature,
scope & causes of each challenges & implications for New
York. Range of planning strategies used to address each
challenge & how they compare with/or have been informed by
responses in other world megacities. Extent to which the
planning strategies adopted in New York have been, or could
be informed by the concept of sustainability. Strategies
adopted in New York to address these challenges. Extent to
which these strategies have enhanced the sustainability &
liveability of New York.
Revision:
Revision of both Semester One and Semester Two content
Topics/Syllabus
textbook
Task 2 Due
Week 5
textbook
Task 3
Week 8
textbook
Task 4
Week 9
textbook
Assessment
Resources
Term 4
1
2
Semester 2 Exam/Revision:
Semester Two exams. Revision & feedback from Semester
Two exam. Final preparation for WACE exam.
Revision:
Revision & feedback from Semester Two exam. Final
preparation for WACE exam.
Task 5
Week 1
textbook
END OF SEMESTER 2