Geography

GEOGRAPHY is the study of how people use their environment.

• It leads to an understanding of how the natural environment operates AND considers the various ways that people use it.
• It is particularly important in today’s world because it considers the most effective ways that our environmentally threatened world can best use all of its resources for the good of all people.

Sciences

Geography can link with a range of science subjects and leads to a qualification in the sciences.

E.g. Geology, chemistry, biology, physics, maths,

• This is an important supporting subject for engineers, environmentalists and others
• It is now one of the preferred options for medicine and architecture

Commerce

Geography can link with Economics. Planet earth and its people are our two key resources to be managed by the economists.

Social Sciences

Geography is important in combination with anthropology, sociology, political science for any potential social scientist or politician.

Tourism, Recreation, Leisure

Geography is an essential base subject for the growing range of employment opportunities as we look to using the world as our ‘playground’.

Out of work, on holiday or just being alive

Geography will give you a whole new insight to the world around you, the clouds that float by, which wave to surf, what tree to plant, where to go on holiday…………………………….

Planning

You will not be able to do it well without GEOGRAPHY …

• Planning where to live, where to build, how to use this space or that one…………..
• Planning for the Council, the City, the Country, at United Nations………….

Level 1 Geography

The following Achievement Standard topics are covered:

1.1 Examine extreme natural events
1.2 Examine population patterns, processes and issues
1.3 Examine resource use in a farming and mining context
1.4 Apply skills and ideas with direction in a geographic context
1.5 Carry out and present directed geographic research
1.6 Examine a contemporary geographic issue and evaluate courses of action
Internal
1.7 Examine a global geographic topic

Level 2 Geography

The following Achievement Standard topics are covered:
2.1 Explain natural landscapes
2.3 Explain disparities in development both within and between countries
2.4 Apply skills and ideas, in a geographic context
2.5 Conduct guided geographic research
2.6 Explain a contemporary geographic issue
Internal
2.7 Explain a global study

Level 3 Geography

The following Achievement Standard topics are covered:

3.1 Analyse a geographic environment, focusing on the interacting natural processes
3.2 Analyse a cultural process
3.4 Select and apply skills and ideas in a geographic context
3.5 Carry out geographic research with consultation
3.6 Analyse a contemporary geographic issue and evaluate courses of action
3.7 Analyse a geographic topic at a global scale