Stage 4 GEOGRAPHY

landscapes and landforms

  • Landscapes and Landforms
    • Geomorphic processes >
      • Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
    • Variety of Landscapes >
      • Coral reefs - Research lesson
      • Tundra
    • Value of landscapes
    • Geomorphic hazard
  • Place and Liveability
    • What is liveability? >
      • Assessing Liveability
    • Influences and perceptions >
      • Liveability in Sydney
      • Liveability in Tokyo
    • Access to services and facilities
    • Environmental Quality
    • Community
    • Enhancing liveability >
      • Design a city
  • Tools
    • Maps >
      • Sketch Maps
      • Choropleth Maps
      • Elements of a map
      • Direction
      • Scale
      • Area and grid references
      • Latitude and Longitude
      • Altitude
      • Synoptic Charts
      • Contour Lines
      • Local Relief
      • Gradient
    • Graphs and Statistics >
      • Population Profiles
      • Climate Graphs

landscapes and landforms


​KEY INQUIRY QUESTIONS
  • Why is there a diversity of landscapes and landforms on Earth?
  • What environmental and human processes form and transform landscapes and landforms?
  • Why do people value landscapes and landforms?
  • To what extent are landscapes and landforms sustainably managed and protected?

Content
​Landscapes and landforms
  • Investigate different landscapes and the geomorphic processes that create distinctive landforms.
 
Value of landscapes and landforms
  • Investigate the aesthetic, cultural, spiritual and economic value of landscapes and landforms for people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
 
Change landscapes
  • Investigate the human causes and effects of land degradation
 
Landscape management and protection
  • Investigate ways people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, manage and protect landscapes.
 
Geomorphic hazard
  • Investigate one contemporary geomorphic hazard including causes, impacts and responses.

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Introductory activities: 

Examine Google Maps and search for our school. Select the options and look for terrain. What do you see?

​Choose a landscape close to your home that you think is worth protecting. In a Word file, create a map of this landscape, briefly describe this landscape, list 5 reasons that this landscape is worth protecting, and suggest ways this landscape could be protected.

L. Swanson
  • Landscapes and Landforms
    • Geomorphic processes >
      • Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
    • Variety of Landscapes >
      • Coral reefs - Research lesson
      • Tundra
    • Value of landscapes
    • Geomorphic hazard
  • Place and Liveability
    • What is liveability? >
      • Assessing Liveability
    • Influences and perceptions >
      • Liveability in Sydney
      • Liveability in Tokyo
    • Access to services and facilities
    • Environmental Quality
    • Community
    • Enhancing liveability >
      • Design a city
  • Tools
    • Maps >
      • Sketch Maps
      • Choropleth Maps
      • Elements of a map
      • Direction
      • Scale
      • Area and grid references
      • Latitude and Longitude
      • Altitude
      • Synoptic Charts
      • Contour Lines
      • Local Relief
      • Gradient
    • Graphs and Statistics >
      • Population Profiles
      • Climate Graphs