Level 1 Geography

Geography

Geography in Y11 covers topics that demonstrate how natural processes affect our cultural and natural environment. Students will start their course with learning the basic skills such as topographic skills, relief and interpretations of graphs. Skills are not assessed, but are used throughout the internal and external assessment that will take place throughout the year. 

For the first internal assessment students will need to explore an environment using data. Students will be learning about rivers and how they influence the landscape. As part of this assessment, students will participate in a fieldwork exercise in a nearby river. This is where they will be collecting data that they will be using to do their analysis and draw conclusions. 

The second and last internal assessment for students will be about climate and ecosystems. Students will study the different factors affecting climate on our planet and why this causes certain ecosystems to form on our planet. During this assessment, students will consider the factors causing the ecosystems to form where and why there, and will be discussing the impacts of an ecosystem on the cultural and/or natural environment. 

Y11 students will have 2 external assessments taking place. The first external assessment is about demonstrating understanding of natural processes and how they impact the environment. Students will be studying fluvial, climatic, coastal, glacial and tectonic processes. Y11 students will have the opportunity for an optional field trip to Rangitoto Island in term 3 to supplement the learning. For the second external assessment, students will be doing an decision-making exercise based on a wider Pacific challenge.