A short skills resource on the volcanic eruption on Mt Etna.
Thanks so much to Nick Moyle for this great resource.
A short skills resource on the volcanic eruption on Mt Etna.
Thanks so much to Nick Moyle for this great resource.
Illegal Drugs Transit through the Pacific Islands
A Formative Skills Exercise based on the cocaine trade through the Pacific Islands.
Nick Moyle, Cashmere High School
A short skills activity from Cashmere High School on a current event in Mexico.
Mrs Humanities – a social sciences teacher/blogger has just published this document on feedback and I thought it might be good for you to look at with your departments/faculties.
She is quite prolific as a blogger – you can read more from her HERE
I found these templates on twitter this morning and I thought they would be good to make with your classes to help them with six-figure grid references.
Find the template here: 6 Fig Grid Ref (1 to 50 thou) with pictures
And, below is the crocodile version:
These links are files from the old WikiSpaces website run by Team Solutions.
Resources include:
Achievement standard guidelines and tips
Geography Tips including notes and ideas on writing. literacy and so on.
Planning resources – resources to help you plan your geography courses
Revision activities – games and ideas to help your students in the classroom
Level 1
https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/subjects/assessment-specifications/geography-l1/
Level 2
https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/subjects/assessment-specifications/geography-l2/
Note: Candidates are expected to be familiar with the Human Development Index (HDI).
Level 3
https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/subjects/assessment-specifications/geography-l3/
Scholarship Geography
In 2019, the examination questions and resource booklet will focus on the significance of geographic location in a global context.
Any idea what this might look like?
Coral Reefs
Flyer The global topic of Tropical Coral Reefs
Fold Mountains
Flyer for Global topic of Fold Mountains
The on-going deterioration and future sustainability of the Great Barrier Reef
Flyer for AS 91431 Issue of the sustainability of the Great Barrier Reef
The Issue: The Hauraki Gulf – an ecosystem under pressure
Lots of ideas were shared at this workshop on Friday
Thanks so much to the facilitators of this workshop.
https://seniorsecondary.tki.org.nz/Social-sciences/Geography/Key-concepts
BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46384067 (published 30 November)
DVD – Climate refugees
CLIMATE REFUGEES uncovers the unbelievable plight of people around the world displaced by climatically induced environmental disasters. The documentary illuminates for the first time the human face of climate change as civilization now finds itself facing the confluence of overpopulation, lack of resources and a changing climate. Traveling the world and interviewing several of the 25 million climate refugees now on the run, along with scholars, politicians and the like, CLIMATE REFUGEES brings to light the heart-wrenching truth of what is quickly becoming mankind?s greatest challenge.
Explained series by Netflix
Weather v Climate
John Green is great but talks very fast
Bill Nye – the Science Guy
Discussion on what do we do in Geography:
Year 10
Level 1
ENE – Tropical cyclones
Research
a couple of schools looked at microclimates in their schools collecting data across 3-5 days
Weather
Global
climate change
Sustainability
sea level rise in Vanuatu
Issue
climate change in Kiribati
Level 2
Global
Deforestation
Deserts – distribution – could be global
Malaria
Research
Transect across the city to see how weather changes and to identify the existence of an urban heat island
Level 3
Global
Climate change and the different political responses
El Nino
Coral reefs – see Jean McCanns resource flyer here
Flyer The global topic of Tropical Coral Reefs
Californian wildfires could be an interesting one too.
Issue
Climate change colouring book – purchase it here http://coloringclimate.com/ OR https://payhip.com/b/lnCB
We discussed options for 2.3 to start with:
– Tanzania
– Samoa / Tonga
– India
– USA and Afghanistan
Talked about using the data as there was lots of it out there. Especially data from NZ which you could compare with other countries to show a comparison.
Then we talked about the Y10 Social Action that many schools do as a Starter Year 10 Programme:
-Students take a social action and can be as simple or as complex as they make it – their grade depends on HOW they write it up:
Ideas:
– Posters / Social Media Posts / Letters to MP’s, Editors, community people
– Sock Drives (and other needed things)
– Petitions (sent to Amnesty International, MP’s……)
– Fundraisers and forward funds to community groups
– Freedom Day Challenge (Through Amnesty International)
Have a three week Geography unit – teach it around option time and watch the numbers climb.
Some ideas include:
Global coffee production and consumption; issues around coffee production and consumption and how this is significant tp people.
OR the same ideas but with chocolate (see a unit plan below)
Chocolate unit outline 2017 v3
OR
Have a three week unit on Climate change
Check these out:
What is geography promotional powerpoint?
Thanks to Denise from WBHS.
and
This one encouraging Year 11’s to do Level 2 Geography
Thanks Gareth from Aorere College.
Find and fix the mistakes – skills
FIND AND FIX THE MISTAKES Name
General revision – so easy to adapt for your situation and students
I have the Smiley Face Christchurch equakes
Thanks very much June for something fun…..
Jono Smith from Avondale College shared this with us – useful for all levels – thanks Jono.
The first is a Quizlet on the Christchurch Earthquake for 11GEO extreme natural events (hopefully the link works). I use Quizlet Live and shuffle the teams each time, to help reinforce key points.
The second one is a quizlet on ‘temporal variations’ for tourism development in Hawaii for 13GEO
And the third one is another quizlet for The Amazon for Natural environments for 12GEO
Get amongst it all – Jacinda Andrews from Diocesan is the Queen of these – oh to have the energy myself!
Denise Potter shares her plan with us for the new year,
This is a great resource to revise skills with students at this time of the year or to use them at any times.
Thanks Nick Moyle, Cashmere High School
For a coastal nation fixated on home ownership, coastal erosion represents a problem. Large parts of the country were built in the wrong place, under the assumption the land would stay put. For most of the areas likely to be hit by rising seas, there are decades to prepare before the water starts lapping at their door.
There’s no such luck in Granity, Ngakawau and Hector on the West Coast of the South Island.
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2018 was like no other – coastal erosion is getting worse.
Check out this internal and resources at this link
Thanks for these resources Sarah
There is an article on this topic on Sunday TV1 (7 October 2018) – check it out.
How often do your students ask this question?
Let them see this handout shared with us all from Aidan from HPSS – it has heaps of different jobs that Geographers can do.
http://agta.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Geography-promo.pdf
The “mock” examinations have been uploaded here this morning.
Please do check through the examinations yourselves (and the schedules) – they have been moderated by AGTA committee members but it is important you do this as well.
With regard to the skills examinations and the scholarship exam:
Not a member of AGTA but want to use these mock exams – well, contact us at agtassociation@gmail.com
Geo quiz – Thanks Aidan for this.
These are all up on the website! FIND the resources HERE.
THanks Karen Fisher from the School of Environment.
And Steve Smith for the videoing. 🙂
Thanks Aidan for this great resource – find it here
Fun quiz for your students to do either
without allowing students to use their devices (for the Geo experts in your class) or
with devices (and it can be made a race against the clock).
Thanks to Aidan Daly at HPSS for this fun quiz….
Hi everyone
My 2018 Scholarship Resource is proving very popular across both islands. If you haven’t ordered yours please contact me at jean.mccann@xtra.co.nz for a flyer. All the research work on fresh water has been done for you.
Testimonial
” This resource is a godsend. It’s saved me from doing all the legwork around freshwater”
At St. Cuthbert’s College this year we decided to link all of our teaching to the SDGs so students could see how important they are.
The work we do in:
Level 3 links to the following goals:
Level 2 links to the following goals:
Level 1 links to the following goals:
We have them all covered!
Charles Johnston from AUT spoke at our recent planning day about Auckland as a tourist destination.
The talk was well received by the teachers present. Lots of ideas were discussed but many staff thought it would be a great idea to explore for research or issue.
Some of the achievement standards have been updated but only in a minimal way.
Check out the information here.
ASSESSMENT UPDATE presentation
ASSESSMENT UPDATE document from NZQA via Jane Evans
Here is my presentation which I gave at the SocCon Conference in early October
Tricks and treats to help priority learners in the Geography classroom.
Find the presentation HERE