GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN- Most Recent Editions (2019 onwards)

VOLUME 56, NO. 3 — 2024

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• 3 President’s Report
• 4 Editorial
• 6 Feature Article: Lesson structure and ideas for engaging and effective Geography lessons
• 14 How to Navigate the New K-6 Syllabus
• 18 How to Navigate the New 7-10 Syllabus
• 23 POWERFUL GEOGRAPHY Books 1 and 2
• 25 ChatGPT in geography education
• 28 Student Exemplar HSC Response for ‘Ecosystems and Global Biodiversity’
• 30 How to get the answer: Section 1 2023 HSC Geography Exam.
• 31 RESOURCE – Australia’s Defining Moments Digital Classroom
• 32 Australian Geography Competition 2024
• 34 Regional Conference, Orange NSW, November 28–29
• 36 The Big GEO Quiz!
• 37 The Geography Big Week Out
• 41 Australian Team achieves second place at International Geography Olympiad

VOLUME 56, NO. 2 — 2024

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• 2 Editorial
• 3 Brock Rowe Awards 2024
• 5 Geography 7 – 10: Conference Resources & Workshop Summaries
• 15 Population Activity: Power of the Pyramids
• 27 My guide to writing the IDEAL paragraph
• 36 Using The Economist Educational Foundation’s resources in Geography
• 39 Geography 11–12: Syllabus Structure
• 40 Geography 11–12: Conference Resources & Workshop Summaries
• 54 Structured Extended Response Models
• 66 Geography Field Studies 2024 with Auseco
• 68 Discover, Learn, and Engage at our Environmental and Zoo Education Centres
• 72 The Biggest Threats to Earth’s Biodiversity
• 74 Visualizing the Accumulation of Human-Made Mass on Earth
• 76 Sustainable Tourism needs to be Built with the Help of Locals
• 78 Ultra-Fast Fashion is a Disturbing Trend Undermining Efforts to make the Whole Industry more Sustainable
• 79 Fast Fashion: Why garment workers' lives are still in danger 10 years after Rana Plaza - Podcast
• 81 The Benefits and Challenges of Regional Living: A Case Study of Five Regional Cities
• 85 These 7 Cities are Tackling Heatwaves with Innovative Solutions 2023
• 87 Urban Trees could cut Extreme Heat by up to 6 Degrees

VOLUME 56, NO. 1 — 2024

• Cover to ToC
• Editorial
• Presidents Report
• GTA NSW & ACT Awards
• PTCNSW Awards
• Geography 2023 HSC Results
• 2023 Young Geographer Award Winners
• Feature Article: Balmain Foreshore Project,
  Louise Swanson and James Heafey
• Changing Places: Green Space Enhancement Project,
  Bianca Mangioni and Sophie Robb
• Place-Based Geography: Hornsby, Martin Pluss
• Fieldwork and smartphones, Kathy Jones
• GTA NSW & ACT Response to the ‘2023 Have your say’ Round 1,
  Alaric Maude
• Geography Teachers’ Association of NSW & ACT Feedback on
  the Draft (HSIE) K-6 and Geography 7-10 Have your say Round 2
  consultation for Geography, Alaric Maude

VOLUME 55, NO. 4 — 2023

• Cover and ToC
• Editorial
• Canada from east to west
• Powerful Geography 1
• GTA response to 7-10 consultation
• Appendices to GTA response
• Graphic News Enviro change and management
• The Anthropocene
• Geography's Big Week Out
• Annual Report 2023
• AGTA Conference 2024 prospectus
• Classroom poster resource
• Advice to contributors and cover

VOLUME 55, NO. 3 — 2023

• EDITORIAL
• President's report
• Landforms and Landscapes
  • Landforms and Landscapes: Blood Falls
• Stage 6 Geography
  • Powerful Geography 1 and 2
  • Stage 6 Geography: Case Studies
• GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
  • 2023 Btock Rowe Award
• Australian Curriculum
  • Australian Curriculum F–6 Geography
• GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
  • HSC Geography Webinar
• Film Study
  • Spirit & Home
  • Spirit Lesson Plan
• GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
  • HSC Geography Exam Preparation Resource Package
• Local Geographies
• GEO Skills & Tools
  • Spiral of skills  7–10
• GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
  • Geographical Investigation Webinar
• HSC Exam Practice
  • Writing your own year 12 essay & short answer question
• GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
  • Analysing the 2022 HSC Geography Exam
  • The 2023 GTA NSW & ACT Young Geographer Awards
• Classroom Resource
• GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
  • Unpacking the HSC GEO Exam
• Geography Posters for sale
• Competition
• Advice To Contributors

VOLUME 55, NO. 2 — 2023

• EDITORIAL – Lorraine Chaffer
• President's report
• Conference Program
• Geography 11–12 syllabus 2022
  • Introductory Analysis
  • Planning across 11–12
• Year 11 focus areas:
  • Earth's natural systems
  • People, Patterns, and Processes
  • Human - Environment Interactions
• Year 12 focus areas:
  • Global sustainability
  • Rural and urban places
  • Ecosystems & Global Biodiversity
• Articles
• Fieldwork Providers
• Advice to contributors
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VOLUME 55, NO. 1 — 2023

• EDITORIAL – Lorraine Chaffer
• FROM THE PRESIDENT- Katerina Stojanovski
• CROSS CURRICULUM
  • An Integrated Approach to Aboriginal and
    Torres Strait Islander Themes
• SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES
  • GIS: What is Geospatial?
  • GIS for Education
  • Geographical numeracy: Interpreting field data
    and graphing skills
  • My top geographical tools of 2022
  • Earth Observation Big Data and it’s application in the classroom
  • Using StoryMaps to invigorate the geography classroom
  • How drones are changing environmental monitoring
  • Developing & assessing students spatial thinking skills
    when using GIS
• LITERACY AND NUMERACY
  • Teaching strategies to build visual literacy
  • Guided reading: The Story of Bottled Water
  • Geographical numeracy: Interpreting field data
    and graphing skills
  • Using Scaffolds, Frameworks and Templates
  • Transects in Geography
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
• Appendix 1: Coastal_Landscapes Fieldwork
• Appendix 2: Biomes Photo Interpretation 2023
• Appendix 3: see think wonder template
• Appendix 4: THINKING SHEET- Urbanisation
• Appendix 5: Buying COTTON ON denim jeans around the world
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VOLUME 54, NO. 4 — 2022

• EDITORIAL – Lorraine Chaffer
• FROM THE PRESIDENT- Katerina Stojanovski
• AWARDS & COMPETITIONS
  • MARTIN PLUSS – GTANSW & ACT Life Membership
  • GTA NSW & ACT Online Learning Courses Win National Award
  • 2022 Geography’s Big Week Out
  • 2022 International Geography Olympiad
• HOPEFUL GEOGRAPHY
  • An Introduction to hopeful geography
    Lorraine Chaffer, GTA NSW & ACT
  • Teaching about Climate Change: Hope and grief
    Stephanie Boden
  • Finding hope at a time a crisis
    Stephen Scoffham
  • Book Review: The Book of Hope by Jane Godall
  • The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.
    Max Roser
  • Our World in Data: The short history of global living conditions and
    why it matters that we know it
    Max Roser
  • Hopefulness – An active assembly
    David Alcock
  • Solutions-based teaching for hope in Geography
    Amy Freshwater
  • Educating for Hope –
    how can educators overcome the Perils of Perception?
    David Alcock
  • Our Sunburnt Country by Anika Molesworth
    A review by Simon Mustoe
• CAREERS
  • Never miss an opportunity
    Lorraine Chaffer, GTA NSW & ACT
  • Careers using spatial technologies:
    The role of Geography and spatial technologies in my career
    Alison Lewis
• FIELDWORK
  • Connecting fieldwork to careers:
    Contamination Assessment: Year 11 Fieldwork at School
    Kathy Jones, Fieldwork Connections
  • Spatial technologies: Simple apps for fieldwork
    Holly Burgmann, Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre
• GTA NSW & ACT Annual Report
  Presented by Dr Susan Caldis (2022 President)
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VOLUME 54, NO. 3 — 2022

• EDITORIAL – Katerina Stojanovski
• PRESIDENT’S REPORT 
• GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
  • Macdonald Holmes Medal 2022
• OUT  OF  FIELD  TEACHING
  • Connecting geography education to national priorities:
    A national report which demands action about out-of-field teaching
• GTA COUNCILLORS
  • Who is supporting you in 2022?
• SENIOR GEOGRAPHY PROJECT
  • Success in the SGP
• PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
  • GTA NSW & ACT scholarships to the AGTA Conference
• 2021 CONFERENCE REVIEWS
  • Conference Reports from scholarship winners
• AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM – GEOGRAPHY
  • The Conversation: Dumbed-down curriculum means primary students will learn less about the world and nothing about climate
• SUSTAINABLE BIOMES
  • Film Study: Zootopia (2016)
  • Investigating Rainforests
• YGA COMPETITION
• CHANGING PLACES
  • Assessment Task: Investigating Australia’s Urban Future
• LITERACY
  • Landscapes and Landforms and Water in the World
• INTERCONNECTIONS: FAST FASHION
  • Collecting Primary Data on clothing
  • Comparing our relationship with clothing
  • Consumption of Clothing in Australia – Quantitative Data
• LANDSCAPES AND LANDFORMS
  • Aboriginal Dreaming - Origin of The Three Sisters
  • Cultural Value of Landscapes
  • Aesthetic Value of Landscape Management
• CLASSROOM RESOURCE
• ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
  • Major World Deforestation Locations
• CLASSROOM RESOURCE
  • Activities for Fast Finishers
• BOOK REVIEW
  • Geopolitical case studies
• ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
• Appendix 1: Case Study- Investigating Rainforests
• Appendix 2: Case Study- Investigating Rainforests (Answers)
• Appendix 3: Visual Verbs
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VOLUME 54, NO. 2 — 2022

• EDITORIAL – Lorraine Chaffer
• PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Dr Susan Caldis
• PROFESSIONAL READING
  • Overwhelmed and underprepared – Dr Susan Caldis
• HSC STUDENT SUPPORT
  • HSC Exam Preparation Package – Lorraine Chaffer
• COMPETITION RESULTS
  • Young Geographer Awards – Lorraine Chaffer
  • Big Week Out – Rachel Honey
• GEO SKILLS
  • Teaching Skills in Geography – Martin Pluss
  • A Mapping Activity – Martin Pluss
  • Skills Questions in the HSC Exam – GTA NSW &ACT E-Learning Team
  • White Water Rafting mapping activity – Drew Collins
• GEO LITERACY
  • Interpreting Photographs – Education Victoria
• WATER AND LIVEABILITY
  • Fieldwork Investigations: Sensory Mapping – Sydney Water
• WATER IN THE WORLD
  • Visualise the Water Cycle: Make a model – Louise Roberts
  • Weather and Climate Skills – Lorraine Chaffer
• LANDSCAPES AND LANDFORMS
  • The Grand Canyon – Lorraine Chaffer
  • Topographic Mapping Skills – Lorraine Chaffer
  • Escape Rooms in Geography – Chad Cary
• SUSTAINABLE BIOMES
  • Distribution and Physical Characteristics of Biomes
    – Katerina Stojanovski & Christina Kalinic
  • Biomes: Place, Space, and Change – Lorraine Chaffer
• ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
  • Creating Text Using Infographics – Lorraine Chaffer
  • Applying Knowledge and Understanding – Lorraine Chaffer
• HUMAN WELLBEING
  • Human Wellbeing at a Range of Scales – Grechen Wiseman
  • Sustainable Development Goals: Making Progress – Lorraine Chaffer
• ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
• APPENDIX 1
• APPENDIX 2
• APPENDIX 3
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VOLUME 54, NO. 1 — 2022

• EDITORIAL – Lorraine Chaffer
• PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Dr Susan Caldis
• AWARDS
  • Life Membership awarded to Lorraine Chaffer
  • Geography 2021 HSC Achievements
  • Life Membership awarded to Sharon McLean
  • GTA NSW & ACT Support for Teachers and Students in 2022
  • PTC NSW Outstanding Professional Service Award – Catherine Donnelly
• CLASSROOM RESOURCES
•  CAREERS
  • Geography and Careers: Making the links – Lorraine Chaffer
  • All about Urban Planning for Year 11 & 12 Geography students –
    Edmund McGrath
  • Geography, Agriculture and Careers – Lorraine Chaffer &
    Lynne Strong
  • Archibull Prize Case Studies
  • EMBEDDING AGRICULTURE IN THE GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM
  • Why study Geography by Alan Parkinson;
    Reviewed by Kieran Bonin
• FIELDWORK
  • Simplyfying the Science – Kathy Jones
  • Local Geography: Fieldwork at School – Martin Pluss
• PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
  • GTA NSW & ACT E Learning courses
  • Reflections on the 2021 GTA Conference – Cameron Menzies
• INTERCONNECTIONS
  • UPCYCLING
  • The Supply Chain – Christina Kalinic & Katerina Stojanovski
• TONGA: NATURAL HAZARDS
  • Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what to expect next – Shane Cronin
• TONGA: INTERCONNECTIONS
  • The Tonga volcanic eruption has revealed the vulnerabilities in our global telecommunication system – Dale Dominey-Howes2
• TONGA: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT – Lorraine Chaffer
• CHANGING PLACES: CASE STUDY
  • Urban Settlement Patterns – Rebecca Sutcliffe
• HUMAN WELLBEING
  • Children and Wellbeing: one approach to teaching
    – Stephanie Boden
  • Human Wellbeing as a hands-on topic to engage kinaesthetic learners
    – David Proctor
• FIRST NATIONS
  • First Nations Peoples, Australia: building awareness, knowledge and understanding – Martin Pluss
• CLASSROOM RESOURCES
  • Using Flashcards in Geography – Christina Kalinic & Katerina Stojanovski
• ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
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VOLUME 53, NO. 4 — 2021

• EDITORIAL
• THE GREAT SOUTHERN REEF:

––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

• FACT SHEET
• Seaweed & Kelp, Seagrass & Sponges
• ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
• Appendix - The Great Southern Reef
• Appendix 2 Virtual Fieldwork Workbook
• Appendix 3-Fieldwork Guide
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VOLUME 53, NO. 3 — 2021

• EDITORIAL
• About the UN Decade of Ocean Science
• 2021 ArcGIS StoryMaps Challenge For Restoring Our Ocean

––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

• Skills Stimulus
• Geographical Inquiry using posters – Focus on Oceans and Asia

• Is Ocean Fishing Sustainable?

––Susan Bliss, Education consultant

• Oceans surrounding Asian countries at crisis point

––Susan Bliss, Education consultant

• 2021 Australian Geography competition
• ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
• APPENDIX 1: STUDENT ACTIVITIES

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VOLUME 53, NO. 2 — 2021

• EDITORIAL
• GTA NSW & ACT NEWS

––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

• VISUAL LITERACY
• ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
• Appendix - Task 8 - Kanyini Table
• Appendix - Guided Reading - Cool Burning
• Appendix - Interconnections Notification
• Appendix - Interconnections Response Booklet
• Appendix - Dollar Poverty
• Appendix - Queen Katwe

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VOLUME 53, Special Edition — 2021

• EDITORIAL
• 2020 HSC

––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

• KAKADU APPENDIX 1
• KAKADU APPENDIX 2
• THE CARBON CYCLE & CLIMATE CHANGE APPENDIX
• THE CARBON CYCLE & CLIMATE CHANGE SUGGESTED ANSWERS APPENDIX 4 APPENDIX

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• EDITORIAL
• CONFERENCE UPDATE
• PRESIDENT’S REPORT
• WEB RESOURCE: OCEAN ATLAS WEB DOSSIER and PDF
• DIGITAL RESOURCE: Mt Resilience
• WEB RESOURCE: TIME FOR GEOGRAPHY
• WEB RESOURCE: TWEED SAND BYPASSING SCHOOLS PACKAGE
• EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EVENT: OXFAM HUNGER BANQUET
• EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FIELDWORK: USING GEOGRAPHICAL FIELDWORK TO TACKLE PRECONCEPTIONS ABOUT PLACE
• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: STEPPING OUT INTO GEOGRAPHY – REFLECTION AND DIRECTION
• WEB RESOURCE: WHAT IS Profile.id?
• RESOURCE: VISUAL CAPITALIST

––Visualizing Countries by Share of Earth’s Surface

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

––How To Spot Fake News

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPES AND LANDFORMS IN GOOGLE VOYAGER
• WEB RESOURCE: SHEMAPS STEM EDUCATION BLOG
• WEB RESOURCE: MURRAY-DARLING BASIN

––Lesson Packages

• RESOURCE: TEACHING GUIDE INTERCONNECTION & THE COTTON INDUSTRY
• RESOURCE: DOCUMENTARY ‘WILD AUSTRALIA – AFTER THE FIRES
• 2020 AGM: ANNUAL REPORT
• ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS

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