FRIDAY 5 MAY – GEOGRAPHY 11–12 / Year 11 Focus | |
8.00 – 8.30 | Registration |
8.30 –9.20 | Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country – GTA President Syllabus introduction and Year 11–12 Course overview Year 11 Focus Area: Earth’s Natural Systems Introductory analysis – GTANSW & ACT |
9.20 - 9.50 | Earth’s Natural Systems – Kati Thanda Lake Eyre Basin Guest speaker: Richard Kingsford, Professor of Environmental Science, Director of Centre for Ecosystem Science School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences UNSW Sydney |
9.50 - 10.30 | Workshop & Plenary /reflect / discuss/ share/ plan Unit of Work |
10.30 –11.00 | Morning tea |
11.00 - 11.15 | Focus Area: People, patterns and processes Introductory Analysis - GTANSW & ACT |
11.15 - 11.45 | People, Patterns, and processes – Global population trends and insights Guest speaker: Simon Kuestenmacher, Director & Co-founder of The Demographics Group, Geographer |
11.45 - 1.00 | Workshop & Plenary/ reflect / discuss/ share/ plan – Unit of Work |
1.00 - 2.00 | Lunch |
2.00 - 2.15 | Focus Area: Human – Environment interactions Introductory Analysis - GTANSW & ACT |
2.15 - 2.45 | Human – Environment interactions – Climate Change Adaptation Guest speaker: Catherine Kerr, Office of Energy and Climate Change, NSW Treasury Climate Change Adaptation / Geographer |
2.45 - 3.15 | Human – Environment interactions – Fire and Flood Resilience Missions Guest speakers: Karen O'Connor, Fire Shield Mission Lead, Minderoo Foundation Rania Poullos, Fire Shield Project Manager, Minderoo Foundation |
3.15 - 4.00 | Workshop & Plenary / reflect / discuss/ share/ plan – Unit of Work Concluding comments on Year 11 Course Q & A |
4.00 | CLOSE |