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 * =====Syllabus Outcomes: ===== || =====4.5 demonstrates a sense of place about global environments =====

4.10 explains how geographical knowledge, understanding and skills combine with knowledge of civics to contribute to informed citizenship.
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 * =====Students learn about: ===== || =====- The physical elements of environments =====

- The interaction of the human and physical elements
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 * =====Students Learn to: ===== || =====- classify features of the environment as physical or human elements =====

- identify patterns resulting from the interaction of the physical and human environments
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 * =====Indicators of learning – By the end of this lesson students will be able to... ===== || =====- classify environments into human and physical =====

- Identify the interactions tha occur between the human and physical environments and the consequences of these interactions
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 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment ===== || =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Student participation during class discussion =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Completed student collages
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 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lesson Plan ===== || =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10 mins – Introduction and mind map =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10 mins – Class creates a list of geography based questions for the year
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Geography is all around us; it includes our surrounding environment and the events that occur within it. As a class create a mind map on what your perceptions about the study of geography are. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read pages 2-5 of your text and answer ‘Learning About’ questions 1, 6, and 7 and copy figure 1.5 (Physical and human elements of the environment) into a word document or your workbook. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using Google earth, examine Australia, look at the various environment types, settlement patterns, etc, make notes of your observations explaining why these environments are like this. =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using the handout provided, identify and label the major terrestrial ecosystems.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mapping Exercise: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The_Worlds_Major_Terrestrial_Ecosystems.JPG]



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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In pairs create a collage that shows either the human environment or the built environment, one partner should choose one environment and one partner should create the other. Title and caption your collage. =====


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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In which ways do humans affect natural environments and how do natural environments affect human activities? Create a list of the positive and negative ways in which humans interact with natural environments. =====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The videos below are examples of schools projects where students have created videos about human/natural environment interactions. While the message behind the second video is quite important, focus on the way we use the natural environment and not just about the damage that we do to it. These can form part of the basis for your imput into the class discussion. =====