GEO1 - Geography

Level:
NCEA 1
Type:
Subject Choice
Duration:
Full Year
Invitation Only:
No
Assessment:
Achievement Standard
Credits:
up to 20
Endorsement:
Yes
Leads To:
Geography (NCEA 2)
Contribution:
Optional Field Trip Wellington $60 + potential other trip approx. $50.

To understand the earth as the home of people and our place within it. How te taiao (the environment) connects to tangata (people) and how people connect to the environment. This course will explore a diverse range of topics and issues. Natural events and how environments are formed and change over time. A range of skills including mapping, graphing, visual interpretation, values, perspectives, exploring statistics and geographic concepts. Research and data collection, presentation, and analysis. How tikanga informs the relationships between the people and the environments and decisions that are made. Spatial and temporal patterns of phenomena such as cyclones, populations around the world. How perspectives and power influence the environment and decisions that are made. Contemporary topics as they happen.

Available Standards:

Some or all of the following will be offered
Title Description Level Credits Assessment U.E. Reading U.E. Writing
91932 Demonstrate understanding of the spatial distribution of a phenomenon and its impacts on place 1 5 Internal No No
91933 Explore an environment using data 1 5 Internal No No
91934 Demonstrate understanding of how natural processes shape an environment 1 5 External No No
91935 Demonstrate understanding of decision-making in response to a geographic challenge in the wider Pacific region 1 5 External No No
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(*) Last Reviewed: June 16, 2023

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