Oxford Big Ideas Geography Level 5 is an innovative Geography resource written for the Victorian Essential Learning Standards Level 5. Based on a big ideas framework, the underlying pedagogy enables students to develop deep, transferable understandings and skills.
Encourages deep learning through understanding, connecting and transferring
Explicitly teaches thinking skills in conjunction with content
Provides a multitude of questions and activities that cater for multiple learning styles and different abilities
Is supported by a wealth of online support material
Chapter 1 Geospatial skills: How do we enquire about the world? 1.1 How do we observe the world? 1.2 How do we represent the world? 1.3 How do we locate places? 1.4 How do we measure the Earth’s features? 1.5 How do we conduct fieldwork? Transferring Ideas: Uluru
Chapter 2 Australian Environments: Why do environments change? 2.1 What different environments exist? 2.2 How do environments change? 2.3 How do we protect special places? Transferring Ideas: Ningaloo Reef
Chapter 3 Water: How do we sustain resources? 3.1 How much do we have? 3.2 What are the threats to our resources? 3.3 How do we manage our resources? Transferring Ideas: Rainforests
Chapter 4 Endangered species: Why is diversity under threat? 4.1 Why is diversity important? 4.2 Where are the threats to diversity? 4.3 What are the threats to diversity? 4.4 How can we preserve diversity? Transferring Ideas: Polar Bears
Chapter 5 Geospatial concepts: How can we understand our world? 5.1 Where are features located? 5.2 What are the patterns on the Earth’s surface? 5.3 What are the connections between the Earth’s regions? 5.4 How can places change over time? Transferring Ideas: Thomas in Somalia
Chapter 6 Disaster: How do we sustain communities in the face of disasters? 6.1 What impact do tectonic disasters have? 6.2 How do weather disasters affect communities? 6.3 What problems do man-made disasters cause? Transferring Ideas: The Aeta people
Chapter 7 The Asia-Pacific: Why do regions change? 7.1 What different environments are there? 7.2 How and why do environments change? 7.3 How do people respond to change? Transferring Ideas: The Middle East
Chapter 8 Antarctic: Why is Antarctica so important? 8.1 What is Antarctica like? 8.2 Why do we need Antarctica? 8.3 How is Antarctica changing? 8.4 How can we protect Antarctica for the future? Transferring Ideas: Amazon rainforest
Glossary Index Acknowledgements
Mark Easton is a full-time teacher and Head of Humanities at Saint Margaret’s School in Berwick. He has taught Geography, History and English for over twenty years and over the last decade has contributed to many school textbooks and atlases.
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