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GTA NSW resources
Resources from past GTA NSW events
2011
GTA NSW Annual conference Presentations
Theme: People and Hazards
Venue: NSW Parliament House, Macquarie Street Sydney
Date: Friday 26 August 2011
Kerryn Vine-Camp, Assistant Secretary, Crisis Coordination Branch, Emergency Management Australia: The Role of EMA with Natural Hazards
The Weather Channel: Forecast for Disaster: The Weather behind Black Saturday
Dick Whitaker, Chief Meteorologist, The Weather Channel: 2010 – a remarkable year
Mick Law, Contour Education: Hazards and spatial technologies
Pat Beeson, Education Services, Australian Bureau of Statistics: Spotlight on Population Resources for Geography Teachers
Teacher Workshop at Parramatta Park
>> Teacher Workshop at Parramatta Park held on 12 October 2011 report
>> Parramatta Park Resource: Extracts from the teaching program – Year 7 History and Geography
2010
NSW Department of Education and Training - Video Presentations
Pre 2010 Events
Other resources
Exploring 21st Century Geography DVD
An outstanding collection of teaching resources from the Australian Geography Teachers Association includes spatial technologies/GIS units. The DVD contains:
- articles and resources on 21st century Geography
- GIS skills development, GIS in Physical Geography and Historical GIS books – course processes and activities with geographical data
- 21st Century Internet sites
- technology in the geography classroom articles, internet sites and resources
- inquiry project design and work samples.
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The population debate
A special issue of Geographical Research looks at the population debate in Australia, a debate mirrored in many other nations around the globe. The special issue has a strong policy focus, and demonstrates how political argument can be interwoven with academic analysis to produce not just an idea for action but an accompanying motivation for aggressive implementation. View presentations made during a panel discussion at the IAG 2011 Conference.
Arab Gateways
Arab Gateways: A resource for Australian students and teachers explores some of the history, geography, economics and culture of the Arab region. It promotes understanding of the cultures, values, beliefs and diversity of peoples of the Arab region.
About the project
Arab Gateways has been developed by Education Services Australia with a grant from the Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR), which is funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The resource aims to enable teachers to promote between the peoples of Australia and the Arab world mutual interests and a greater understanding and acceptance of each other's cultures, values, beliefs and diversity.
The Arab Gateways website provides an online version of the printed resource book with accompanying DVD ROM sent to all secondary schools in Australia.
A teacher professional learning program to support the use of the resource will be delivered by the Australian Federation of Societies for Studies of Society and Environment (AFSSSE) during the second half of 2011 and early 2012.
ABS resources for teaching about population
The Australian Bureau of Statistics Education Unit has launched QuickGeog activities which may be accessed online or downloaded and edited to meet your needs. Each one is designed to be completed in less than a period. They contain a graphic or table of data taken from ABS publications and a series of questions or activities. The first release of activities focus on population.
If you haven't seen it already, take a look at 'Spotlight' from the ABS, where students may investigate how they fit within the Australian population. This is a very engaging way to begin a study of population.
Are you looking for historical data on the growth of population in Australia or migration patterns over time? Historical datasets have been simplified and uploaded to the Education Services pages on the website. They contain some interactive visualisations to engage students and encourage them to look at the stories contained within the data.
The ABS website also has a new set of State and Territory Indicators (Cat.no. 1367.0) which provide an overview of population, economy and environment for each of Australia's states and territories.
Environmental Sustainability
New educational resources designed and developed in line with “Sustainability” being a cross curriculum priority of the new Australian curriculum are now available for teachers to use. There are three sets of materials all available free of charge:
- Water Savers – saving water in and around the home based largely on the Mission H2O online game for years 6 – 8.
- Carbon Tradies – environmental sustainability at home and in the local area associated with the Mission CO2 online game for years 7 – 9.
- Climate Change – a detailed worksheet using the Climate Change – The cold hard facts DVD for years 9 - 10.
Teachers can download these educational resources free of charge from the savewater!® website and register for a copy of each of the Teacher’s Guides.