Level 2 Geography

Geography is about people and their environment.

This course aims to:

• Develop a knowledge and understanding of the world's people and places and the differences that exist within it. 
• Allow students to consider and form opinions about current issues facing us.
• Help students develop skills to carry out research.
• Use information and communication technology to enhance learning.
• Develop the use of spatial techniques using google earth and/or ARCGIS.

This course will cover:

• Explaining the unique natural characteristics of natural environments. We will focus on the Tongariro Volcanic Environment, its natural characteristics and interactions with people as a result. 
• Looking at global inequalities of development. How and why are there huge differences around the world? We will look at different scales, local, national and global, as well as different aspects of development, economic, social and political. An understanding of how and why the developmental differences exist is key to our learning as well as an understanding of different perspectives towards development. 
• An understanding of spatial patterns at different scales and how they have developed through natural, cultural and historical factors. 
• The global pattern of coffee production and the significance of coffee production on people and communities.
• Studying large urban environments, such as mega cities around the world and identifying the residential patterns that form within them and why.
• Geographical skills such as topographic mapping and statistical techniques will be integrated into the course.

Field trip: Three days in Tongariro National Park.