NCEA Level 2 Geography
2GEO Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mrs M. O'Carroll.
Recommended Prior LearningAccess to Google Apps EDUCO, Youtube (to view private videos) websites. WhatsApp, Google Hangouts and Google Classroom will support the main VC platform of ZOOM.
Students are encouraged to have their own devices with camera and microphone capabilities.
NCEA Level 1 Geography is available through NetNZ.
This course will develop the understanding of Geography as it relates to the NZ Curriculum.
The topics and standards offer ways for students to understand how the processes that shape natural and cultural environments change over time, vary in scale and from place to place and create spatial patterns. Also to understand how people’s perceptions of and interactions with natural and cultural environments differ and have changed over time.
Topics covered include:
- Urban Patterns
- New Zealand Geographic issues
- Aspects of a geographic topic at a global scale
- Geography concepts and understanding of a given environment
- Development Studies
Learning Areas:
Year 12, Distance Learning, Social Science
Pathway Career Pathways
Holiday Park Manager, Hotel/Motel Manager, Outdoor Recreation Guide/Instructor, Surveyor, Geologist, Environmental Scientist, Environmental Engineer, Ranger, Geophysicist, Tour Guide, Travel Agent/Adviser
Contributions and Equipment/StationeryGeography 2.4 Apply Concepts and Geographic Skills - Fourth Edition Evans and Osborne Edify LTD
Geography on the Edge - Newton and Peat Nelson Cengage Learning