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THE GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN 2023
THE GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN 2022

VOLUME 54, NO. 4 — 2022

VOLUME 54, NO. 3 — 2022

VOLUME 54, NO. 1 — 2022

 

THE GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN 2021

VOLUME 53, NO. 4 — 2021

 

––A Kelp Forest Ecosystem

––The Great Southern Reef Ecosystem

––Status of Global Kelp Forests

––Biophysical Interactions and Ecosystem Functioning

––Lithosphere

––Hydrosphere

––Atmosphere

––Biosphere

––Vulnerability and Resilience

––Human Impacts

  • Management

––Importance of Management and Protection

––Traditional and Contemporary Aboriginal Management

––Contemporary Management

  • ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES

––RESTORE:Sydney’s Temperate Kelp Forests: Operation Crayweed

––RESTORE: Western Australia’s Kelp Forest: Green Gravel Project

––FUTURE PROOF?: Tasmania’s Giant Kelp Forests: Super Kelp

––PROTECT: Marine Protection Areas: Protecting the GSR

 

VOLUME 53, NO. 3 — 2021

 

––Competition

  • Visualising the Human Impact on our Ocean Economy

––Visual Capitalist (republication)

  • Why indigenous knowledge should be an essential part of how we govern the world’s oceans

––The Conversation (republication)

  • Mapping the World’s Key Maritime Choke Points

––Visual Capitalist (republication)

  • Container: The box that changed the world

––Australian Maritime Museum (republication)

  • One Ocean, One Future

––New Australian Maritime Museum exhibition

  • Is Ocean Fishing Sustainable?

––Susan Bliss, Education consultant

  • Oceans surrounding Asian countries at crisis point

––Susan Bliss, Education consultant

Download a full copy of Volume 53, No.3

 

VOLUME 53, NO. 2 — 2021

 

––President’s report

––2021 Annual Conference Report

––Scholarship winners

––Webinar Review

  • AWARDS & COMPETITIONS

––2020 Professional Teachers Council NSW Award – Dr Paul Batten

––GTA NSW & ACT Awards

––Arthur Phillip Awards – Senior Geography Projects..

––2020 HSC Geography Results

  • FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES

––Feature Article – A framework for learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Geography classroom

––Value of Land

––Kanyini

––Cultural Burning

––Aboriginal Cultural Connections and the Hawkesbury River

––Understanding Nations and Language Groups

––The Torres Strait Islands.

  • LANDSCAPES AND LANDFORMS

––Oreo Plate Tectonics

  • INTERCONNECTIONS

––The Supply Chain – Assessment Task

––Retell the news – Stimulus based classroom activity

  • HUMAN WELLBEING

––1 Dollar Poverty

––Queen of Katwe

Download a full copy of Volume 53 Special Edition — 2021 (6.9 MB PDF)

 

VOLUME 53, Special Edition — 2021

 

––Examination Feedback – How to get the answer

––2020 Geography HSC and Scaling

  • STAGE 6 SKILLS

––Selected HSC map skills for Year 11

  • PROFESSIONAL READING

––Digital Volunteerism: Missing Maps

  • PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

––GTA NSW & ACT Webinars in 2021 Program

  • BIOPHYSICAL INTERACTIONS

––Understanding the Carbon Cycle

––Carbon Cycle Poster activities

––The Carbon Cycle Game

––Guided Reading Activity

––Madden Julian Oscillation

  • ECOSYSTEMS AT RISK

––Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra

––Kakadu Wetlands

  • VISUAL LITERACY

––Deforestation and Natural Cycles

––Advice to Contributors

 

Download a full copy of Volume 53 Special Edition — 2021 (6.9 MB PDF)

 

VOLUME 53, NO. 1 — 2021

 

––Visualizing Countries by Share of Earth’s Surface

––Visualizing the Biggest Threats to Earth’s Biodiversity.

––How To Spot Fake News

 

––Lesson Packages

 

Download a full copy of Volume 53 No. 1 — 2021 (8 MB PDF)

 

 

THE GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN 2020

VOLUME 52, Special Edition — 2020

––The emergence of modern geography, Plymouth,
the Pacific and Prussia?

––Geography Effect: Two decades of change

  • YEAR 11: GLOBAL CHALLENGES

––Population ‘boom or ‘bust’ (The challenge of predicting future demographic trends)

  • STAGE 6 SKILLS: POPULATION

––World population may shrink by 2100

––One billion face displacement by 2050

––Nearly 80 million displaced worldwide

  • YEAR 11: GLOBAL CHALLENGES

––Case Study: Rare Earth Elements (REE)

––Visualising the importance of environmental management in mining

  • STAGE 6 SKILLS: NATURAL RESOURCES

––China may weaponise rare earths

––Environmental Management in Mining

  • STAGE 6 FIELDWORK

––Fieldwork with Observatory Hill EEC.

  • SELECTING CASE STUDIES

––Broken Hill: A Case Study option

  • YEAR 12: URBAN PLACES

––Urban Dynamics of Change in Sydney Olympic Park, Newington, Rhodes and The Waterfront

  • YEAR 12: PEOPLE AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

––Aquaculture..

  • YEAR 12: ECOSYSTEMS AT RISK

––Ningaloo Reef

––Oregon Dunes

Download a full copy of Volume 52 Special Edition — 2020 (6 MB PDF)

Aquaculture HSC Case Study Supplement

Appendix 1 OREGON DUNES CASE STUDY

Appendix 2 HSC Case Study Edition Oregon Dunes


VOLUME 52, NO. 4 — 2020

  • FIELDWORK INVESTIGATIONS

––Fieldwork equipment and its use

  • FIELDWORK: WATER IN THE WORLD

––Low cost fieldwork in a pandemic

  • FIELDWORK: SUSTAINABLE BIOMES

––Investigating soils with fieldwork

  • FIELDWORK: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

––Investigating environmental change on the NSW South Coast

  • FIELDWORK: A PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH

––A Geography Lesson out of every window: Fieldwork in 50

  • DISCUSSION PIECE

––‘That’s not an excursion. THIS is an excursion!’ Fieldwork in Denmark

  • CLASSROOM ACTIVITY: INTERCONNECTIONS

––Connecting through time: Case Study – Dating and technology

  • CLASSROOM ACTIVITY: URBAN PLACES

––Half a crossword

  • CLASSROOM ACTIVITY: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

––Biospheric processes worksheet

  • ASSESSMENT: HUMAN WELLBEING

––Assessment Task

  • REPORT

––Australian Geography Competition 2020

Download a full copy of Volume 52 No. 4 — 2020 (6 MB PDF)

Bulletin 52, No 4. Apps for Geography Fieldwork PPT

Bulletin 52, No 4 Kolombo Creek fieldwork PPT


VOLUME 52, NO. 3 — 2020

  • IN THE CLASSROOM

––Building confidence and success in Stage 6 by Khya Brooks

––Revision strategies and activities by Alex Pentz

––Formative Assessment by Grace Larobina

––Exam preparation using selected HSC exam questions by Lorraine Chaffer

––Building literacy capabilities for Geography by David Proctor

––HSC essay scaffolds: Topic sentences by Jaye Dunn

––Half a crossword by Katerina Stojanovski

––HSC revision crosswords by David Proctor

  • YEAR 11: BIOPHYSICAL INTERACTIONS

––Exploring the Cryosphere by Lorraine Chaffer

––Understanding Sea Levels: Ask Nasa Science Blog

––Teaching for Deep Understanding: ‘How I teach Global Atmospheric Circulation Model’ by Tom Highnet

  • YEAR 12: ECOSYSTEMS AT RISK

––Great Barrier Reef – Resilience and change by Lorraine Chaffer

––Great Barrier Reef – ABC Catalyst activity by Justin Mahoney

  • YEAR 12: PEOPLE AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

––Economic activities and COVID-19 by Lorraine Chaffer

––Global Tourism update by Grant Kleeman

  • YEAR 12: URBAN PLACES

––Busting the bands in Urban Places by Matt Carroll

––COVID-19 and the future of cities: An article from Economics Observatory and comments by the Editor

––Virtual fieldwork webinars by Observatory Hill EEC

––Teaching in and Listening to the COVID-19 City: Exploring lived experience in pandemic times by Susan Caldis

Download a full copy of Volume 52 No. 3 — 2020 (8 MB PDF)

Download a full copy of Volume 52 No. 3 - SUPPLEMENT — 2020 (3 MB PDF)

Bulletin 52, No 3. Stimulus PPT

Bulletin 52, No 3 Cryosphere PPT


VOLUME 52, NO. 2 — 2020

––Science meets Parliament; Geography meets STEM

––Snapshot 1: Geomorphic processes

––Snapshot 2: Landscape diversity and change

––Snapshot 3: Meandering Rivers

––Snapshot 4: Earthquakes

––Canada 1: Major landforms, geomorphic processes & geomorphic hazards

––Canada 2: Unique landforms and geomorphic processes

––Canada 3: Landscape values and protection

  • STAGE 4: WATER IN THE WORLD

––Snapshot: Water cycle processes and connections

––Canada 4: Water resources and hazards

––Canada 5: The Bow River

––Virtual Fieldwork: NSW EZEC programs for Stage 4

––Virtual Fieldwork: Auseco

––STAGE 4: Skills Stimulus

––Snapshot: Biomes and their productivity

––Pollinators, bees and food

––Grassland Biomes

  • STAGE 5: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

––Tundra Investigative Study

––Sydney Harbour Estuary

––STAGE 5: Virtual Fieldwork

––STAGE 5: Skills Stimulus

  • CAREERS

––Careers with geography

Download a full copy of Volume 52 No. 2 — 2020 (11 MB PDF)

Download a full copy of Volume 52 No. 2 - SUPPLEMENT — 2020 (2 MB PDF)

Bow River Independent Inquiry PPT

Stage 4 skills PPT

Stage 5 skills PPT


VOLUME 52, NO. 1 — 2020

–– Bushfires

  • PEOPLE AND PLANET

––The Problem of an Aging Global Population, Shown by Country

––Assessment Task – Place and Liveability

–– Assessment Task – Sustainable Biomes

  • PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROFIT

––How Big Should the Economy Be?

––Fight for the Bight

  • CAREERS AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT

–– Skills Development using Graphic News

––Spatial Technologies Inside and Outside Your Geography Classroom

––Getting students excited about Geography’s real-world applications

––2019 Australian Geography Competition

––Australian Geography Competition Question Booklet

Download a full copy of Volume 52 No. 1 — 2020 (14 MB PDF)

THE GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN 2019

VOLUME 51, NO. 4 — 2019

  • GEOGRAPHY MATTERS

–– Here are 9 reasons why Geography matters

–– Geography: Shaping Australia’s Future

–– The Amazon Burns

  • NEW RESOURCE: WATER IN THE WORLD

–– Flooding in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley

  • CONFERENCE 2020

–– Expressions of interest to present

  • PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ONLINE

–– Geography PD Learning Online

  • CITIZENSHIP

–– Teaching Citizenship

–– Going Global

–– Young People and Activism

–– Climate Change: Global Citizens and Moral Decision Making

  • RESOURCES

–– The Big Issue Classroom

  • ACTIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

–– Sustainable Action Process

  • BIODIVERSITY & ACTION FOR SUSTAINABILITY

–– Spark: NSW ecosystems on show

  • ASSESSMENT: ELECTIVE GEOGRAPHY

–– Interactions and Patterns along a Transcontinental Transect

  • ASSESSMENT: ASSESSING CAPABILITIES

–– Changing Places: Changing Assessment

  • RESOURCES

–– AGTA Publications

  • ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

–– President’s Annual Report

–– Treasurer’s Report

Download a full copy of Volume 51 No. 4 — 2019 (9 MB PDF)

VOLUME 51, NO. 3 — 2019

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VOLUME 51, NO. 2 — 2019

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VOLUME 51, NO. 1 — 2019

Editorial

Download a full copy of Volume 51 No. 1 — 2019 (9.76 MB PDF)

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