Year 13 geography – natural processes operating in a glaciated landscape

Introduction

The four key elements of the national park are identified and explored. This presentation is designed to directly align with achievement standard 3.1.

Students look a how these key elements interact to produce the processes that operate in the park: aeolian, fluvial and glacial.

Their temporal and spatial patterns of operation are explored and discussed in relation to the features that they produce over time. Students need to reinforce learnings by conducting fieldwork which can also be part of an internal achievement standard.

Level

Year group: 13
Curriculum level: 8
Achievement standard: 3.2

Learning area

Learning Area*

Discipline

Strand

Geography

Demonstrate understanding of how interacting natural processes shape a New Zealand geographic environment

*If you have another learning area you wish to explore, we can adapt. 

      Learning objectives

      Students will:

      • demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of how interacting natural processes shape a New Zealand geographic environment by providing an insightful analysis of the interacting natural processes and how they shape the environment
      • integrate comprehensive supporting case study evidence including an analysis of the interaction between the processes and/or elements and/or features of the environment to draw conclusions.
      • demonstrate an understanding that processes operate together to shape the environment and may include how natural processes operate at different rates and different scales to create variations (spatial and/or temporal) in the geographic environment.

      Key competencies

      Thinking, participating and contributing

      Details

      Location: Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Visitor Centre (presentation only)
      Duration: Various depending on key focus
      Hazard level: Minimal
      Cost: LEOTC fee (presentation only)