Description

NSW’s favourite, Jacaranda Geoactive NSW Australian curriculum series, has been refreshed to reflect our changing world with new content, pedagogy and language, alongside new tools to spark students’ interest in Geography.

Features

• All question sets are differentiated for difficulty (levels 1, 2 and 3) and type (check, apply, challenge) – allowing students of all abilities to build their comprehension, application and higher-order  thinking skills
• New, customisable eWorkbook included free, with over 160 scaffolded worksheets (all with sample answers for teachers)
• New fieldwork worksheets designed to give teachers single-period, mini-projects to build students skills without needing to leave school grounds
• SkillBuilders to develop students’ geographical skills in context
• A comprehensive range of interactivities, concept explainer videos, weblinks and online content all embedded at the point of learning in learnON
• One full-page topographic map and associated exercises per chapter so students can develop essential mapping skills (including a print-friendly PDF version)
• Activities and teaching notes specifically addressing Life Skills outcomes
• Question sets in print and online match one-to-one to allow different or flexible teaching approaches (with sample answers for every question)
• Clear and well-scaffolded structure, content and language with explicit links to the NSW Australian Curriculum Geography Syllabus
• Clear learning intentions and success criteria for every subtopic, so students understand what they need learn and can give feedback on their own sense of achievement

Contents

Topic 1: The world of Geography

UNIT 1: Sustainable biomes
Topic 2: Biomes
Topic 3: Biomes produce food
Topic 4: Changing biomes – View sample pages
Topic 5: Challenges to food production
Topic 6: Improving food security
Topic 7: Geographical inquiry: Sustainable biomes – View sample pages

UNIT 2: Changing places
Topic 8: Causes and consequences of urbanisation
Topic 9: Urban settlement patterns
Topic 10: Internal and external migration
Topic 11: Australia’s urban future
Topic 12: Geographical inquiry: Investigating Asian megacities

UNIT 3: Environmental change and management
Topic 13: Changing and managing the natural environment
Topic 14: Land environments: processes, change and management
Topic 15: Inland water: processes, change and management
Topic 16: Coastal environments: processes, change and management
Topic 17: Marine environments: processes, change and management
Topic 18: Geographical inquiry: Developing an environmental management plan

UNIT 4: Human wellbeing
Topic 19: Wellbeing and development
Topic 20: Spatial variations in human wellbeing
Topic 21: Human wellbeing in Australia
Topic 22: Improving wellbeing
Topic 23: Fieldwork inquiry: Comparing wellbeing in the local area