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Year 12 geography
Year 12 geography focuses on complex human geography and sophisticated use of spatial data. Learners investigate urban places and the processes that shape them, interpret spatial data and maps, and examine population and resource challenges. These topics support, but do not replace, the course set by your state or territory authority.
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Geographical knowledge and understanding
- Urban places and urban processesFull lesson · 60 minLearners analyse the processes that shape cities, such as suburbanisation, urban consolidation and gentrification, and evaluate responses to urban challenges in Australia and overseas.
- Population and resourcesTopic outlineLearners examine population change, ageing and migration and the pressures they place on resources such as water, energy and land.
Geographical skills
- Interpreting maps and spatial dataFull lesson · 60 minLearners interpret topographic and thematic maps, calculate distance, gradient and density, and use GIS concepts to analyse spatial patterns.
- Writing a fieldwork reportTopic outlineLearners structure a fieldwork report with aims, methods, results, analysis, conclusions and evaluation, integrating maps, graphs and photographs.