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VCE GEOGRAPHY

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We can see patterns at different levels – local, national, regional and global.

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Where are people and things located on the Earth’s surface? How do people manage space?

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People rely on, use and change the physical and human environment.

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Places and people are connected to each other.

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… is the ways that the places and features are connected with each other, and the consequences of these interconnections.

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… is the physical and biological world that supports and enriches human and other life.

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… is an area on the Earth’s surface which is identified by, and has meaning for, people.

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... is about investigating how environments and spatial patterns change over time, in the short and long term.

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Interaction journalInteraction is the award-winning quarterly journal of the GTAV. Interaction is aimed at practising Geography teachers and educators, covering relevant curriculum topics and lesson plans. Interaction is produced as an online publication.

Regular sections include:• VCE• 7–10• Primary• digital Geography (geospatial technologies)• Geography career profiles• fieldwork• curriculum ideas• lesson plans• Geography news and views• competition alerts.

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Hazards and Disasters

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GTAV VCE Geography textbook series (2nd edition)YEAR LEVEL: VCE FORMAT: Print book | eBookThe GTAV has published four editions of the VCE textbooks – one for each unit – relevant to the VCE Geography Study Design 2016–2021.

Written by experienced VCE Geography teachers, the books incorporate text, case studies, spatial technologies, fieldwork, rich data and activities to assist students to develop an understanding of the content and skills of Geography, and prepare them for success in their VCE assessments.

The textbooks are available in print and electronic format (Student licence 15 months, Teacher licence 24 months).

Details at gtav.asn.au/resources/vce-resources

Textbooks may be purchased directly from the GTAV Online Shop.

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VCE GEOGRAPHY2nd EditionChanging the Land

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GTAV is publishing new editions of the VCE Textbook series which reflect the changes to the updated 2022 VCE Geography Study Design.

It is planned that the new editions of the four textbooks will be published in 2021 for the Head Start Program and the 2022 school year.

Hazards andDisasters

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Changingthe Land

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Preparing for the Units 3 and 4 exam: VCE Geography Revision Study GuideYEAR LEVEL: VCE FORMAT: Print book For VCE students to use throughout the year. Includes:• revision and consolidation of key skills and knowledge• graphic organisers for written summaries• comprehensive revision questions based on unseen data.

Great practice for VCAA exam.

130pp including tear-out colour section.

This book may be purchased directly from the GTAV Online Shop.

Preparing for the Units 3 and 4 exam

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The GTAV Trial Exam supports teachers and students of VCE Geography.• Provide students with the best opportunity to address the key

knowledge and skills specified by VCAA in the Study Design under exam conditions.

• Written by highly-experienced VCE Geography teachers who have presented at GTAV VCE conferences and workshops and include authors of the very successful GTAV VCE textbook series.

• The exam incorporates a full colour data book of a variety of data types – maps, graphs, photographs, tables and text extracts.

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GTAV Trial Exam (past packs)YEAR LEVEL: VCE FORMAT: PDF packAll earlier trial exams can be purchased as PDF packs from the GTAV Online Shop.

Available for purchasing and downloading are: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016 trial exams.

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Study Geography BrochureYEAR LEVEL: Year 8–10 FORMAT: Print A4 brochureDesigned for Year 8–10 students and their parents.

Outlines options that a study of Geography offers students including possible career pathways.

Contains essential messages:• Geography is fun• Geography leads to a variety of careers• Geography cultivates a unique world view.

An essential resource for promoting a study of Geography in the junior and middle years.

Geography promotional stickersGeography stickers help raise awareness about Geography.

They are a fun and popular way to promote Geography, provide feedback and awards to students and distribute during parent information sessions.

Two packs available, each with 5 sheets of stickers.

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A geographic lens allows you to look at the world in multiple ways.

Geographers are highly employable and have diverse careers paths.

There has never been a more exciting time to study Geography.

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Careers PosterYEAR LEVEL: All levelsFORMAT: Print A2 posterA colourful poster to liven up your Geography classroom.

Stimulate discussion on the diverse careers that are on offer when you study Geography.

Use in conjunction with the GTAV Careers brochure.

NEW GTAV Careers Brochure (2021)YEAR LEVEL: Year 9–VCE FORMAT: Print A4 brochure

UPDATED for 2021. Available May 2021.

Provides a comprehensive list of all the Geography course options at every Victorian tertiary institution.

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I AM A GEOGRAPHERPromote the great career options

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I am a Geographer videos Stimulating videos to be used to promote Geography careers to students.

Whether it’s gathering images of Earth for the space sector, dreaming up new ways to fuel our home or taking tourists on an adventure to Antarctica, Geography encompasses some really fascinating topics. Geography students develop an in-depth knowledge of how both human and physical environments work. This makes them excellent candidates for careers across many sectors.

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Primary Geography Resources Year Level: Years F–6Format: 80 page spiral bound bookletThis resource provides teachers with information of the many resources available to teach Geography in the primary classroom. The resource includes:• links to online and print resources for various levels• information about great Geography resources available from the

GTAV (posters, skills teaching books, website resources and the GTAV Orbis library)

• a collection of Interaction articles which include Geography pedagogy, classroom activities and ideas for fieldwork.

This is an essential resource for any primary school incorporating Geography into their integrated curriculum.

Bushfires – Lessons for the Primary Classroom YEAR LEVEL: Years 5–6FORMAT: Various (zip file)The GTAV in association with the Country Fire Authority (CFA) has produced a new resource for Level 5–6 primary schools.

This resource has been designed to help you teach the topic of bushfire in your classroom.

It includes the following:• teacher’s notes• PowerPoint presentation• activities• case studies.

There are three inquiries to complete. All of the resources are fully editable so you can modify to suit the needs and interests of your students.

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conveying the messages of the Fire Danger Rating. The short clip can be used to initiate class discussion around the following:

• Have students seen one of the signs on the side of the road indicating the FDR (Fire Danger Rating) for a particular day?

• Have they heard/seen on News Broadcast that FDR (Fire Danger Rating) for the following day and any associated warnings?

• Does their family (or someone they know) have an FDR (Fire Danger Rating) trigger to leave their house and property during bushfire season?

• What would their own FDR (Fire Danger Rating) trigger be?

All three inquiries can be downloaded as Zip Files at gtav.asn.au/resources/resources-all-levels/bushfires---lessons-for-the-primary-classroom

Kelli Ashton has been a Geography teacher for the past 20 years and is currently Head of the Geography Department at Luther College. Her passion is fostering a love of Geography for her students and an enduring fascination of the world around them and their place within it. Kelli is an accomplished author and presenter on Geography education.

References• createdigital.org.au/australian-bushfires-a-timeline-

of-whats-happened-so-far/ Accessed 21 January 2020

• Bushfires – A Geography resource for Australian Students, Country Fire Authority and Geography Teachers’ Association of Victoria Inc., 2012.

• Fire ready kit, Country Fire Authority, updated 2018.

• Strathewen Primary School – Survive and Thrive youtube.com/watch?v=5Uh2tPJpUG0

AcknowledgementsFieldwork activity is adapted from Overall fuel hazard assessment guide © 2010. Reproduced by permission of Forest, Fire and Regions | Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.

Primary ResourceBushfires – Lessons for the Primary ClassroomThe GTAV in association with the Country Fire Authority (CFA) has produced a new resource for Level 5–6 primary schools.

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DEVELOPINGGEOGRAPHY SKILLSNEW Unit Fieldwork Guides

YEAR LEVEL: Years 7–10FORMAT: PDFInspiration for fieldwork• Tailored to the Victorian Curriculum for Levels 7-10• Each unit comprises advice on carrying out fieldwork• Each unit contains sample fieldworks• Available for each unit or as a complete set• Presented so that teachers can adapt tasks to locations

and to their school’s curriculum needs.

The six fieldwork units available in this series:• Level 7 Place and Liveability• Level 7 Water in the World• Level 8 Landforms and Landscapes• Level 9 Biomes and Food Security• Level 9 Geographies of Interconnection• Level 10 Environmental Change and Management

Geospatial Skills: Activity Book Level 5 YEAR LEVEL: Years 5–8FORMAT: Activity book

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Level 7 FieldworkWater in the World

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Level 8 Fieldwork Landforms and Landscapes

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Level 9 Fieldwork Biomes and Food Security

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Level 9 Fieldwork Geographies of Interconnection

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Level 10 Fieldwork Environmental Change and Management

FIELDWORK GUIDESLooking for inspiration for fieldwork?Units have been developed which are a thorough guide as to how to prepare and carry out

fieldwork. Examples of fieldwork units for Levels 7–10 are included in each guide, with practical

activities. These make fieldwork achievable for every teacher, whether out-of-field or an

experienced provider of fieldwork. These are presented so that teachers can adapt tasks to

locations and to their school’s curriculum needs. The six fieldwork guides in this series:• Year 7 Place and Liveability• Year 7 Water in the World• Year 8 Landforms and Landscapes• Year 9 Biomes and Food Security• Year 9 Geographies of Interconnection • Year 10 Environmental Change and ManagementAll units are aligned to the Victorian Curriculum.

The GTAV Fieldwork Series are supported by the Victorian Government through the

Department of Education and Training Strategic Partnership Program.

GTAV Members $23.00 per booklet or $125 for the full set

Covers the curriculum from Levels 5-9 with activities on:• reading and interpreting maps, legends and symbols• reading direction• reading and measuring direction• grid references• latitude and longitude• time zones• reading contour lines and patterns• sketching from photos• interpreting satellite images and photos• drawing and interpreting graphs and statistics• interpreting cross sections• constructing overlay maps• drawing and annotating maps and scattergrams.

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Level 7 Fieldwork

Place and Liveability

FIELDWORK

Level 7 Fieldwork

Water in the World

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Level 8 Fieldwork

Landforms and

Landscapes

FIELDWORK

Level 9 Fieldwork

Biomes and

Food Security

FIELDWORK

Level 9 Fieldwork

Geographies of

Interconnection

FIELDWORK

Level 10 Fieldwork

Environmental Change

and Management

FIELDWORK GUIDESLooking for inspiration for fieldwork?

Units have been developed which are a thorough guide as to how to prepare and carry out




locations and to their school’s curriculum needs. The six fieldwork guides in this series:

• Year 7 Place and Liveability

• Year 7 Water in the World

• Year 8 Landforms and Landscapes

• Year 9 Biomes and Food Security

• Year 9 Geographies of Interconnection

• Year 10 Environmental Change and Management

All units are aligned to the Victorian Curriculum.



GTAV Members

$23.00 per booklet or

$125 for the full set

Level 7 FieldworkPlace and Liveability

FIELDWORK

Level 7 FieldworkWater in the World

FIELDWORKFIELDWORK

Level 8 Fieldwork Landforms and Landscapes

FIELDWORK

Level 9 Fieldwork Biomes and Food Security

FIELDWORK

Level 9 Fieldwork Geographies of Interconnection

FIELDWORK

Level 10 Fieldwork Environmental Change and Management

FIELDWORK GUIDESLooking for inspiration for fieldwork?Units have been developed which are a thorough guide as to how to prepare and carry out




locations and to their school’s curriculum needs. The six fieldwork guides in this series:• Year 7 Place and Liveability• Year 7 Water in the World• Year 8 Landforms and Landscapes• Year 9 Biomes and Food Security• Year 9 Geographies of Interconnection • Year 10 Environmental Change and ManagementAll units are aligned to the Victorian Curriculum.



GTAV Members $23.00 per booklet or $125 for the full set



Foodprint Melbourne YEAR LEVEL: Year 9FORMAT: Worksheets, videos and GIS maps.The Foodprint Melbourne resource is developed by the University of Melbourne and the GTAV for Year 9 Geography: Biomes and food security.

Worksheets, videos and GIS maps enable students to explore the different types of foods growing in different regions of Melbourne’s foodbowl.

The resource pack:• enables students to learn about their own local food growing area, Melbourne’s

foodbowl• develops an understanding that Melbourne’s city fringe farmland is an important

source of food for the city, particularly for fresh foods, such as vegetables.

You can access the resources via the GTAV website or download: research.unimelb.edu.au/foodprint-melbourne/school-resources/year-9-geography

FREE

Spatial Connect YEAR LEVEL: Years 7–11FORMAT: Downloadable PDF filesSpatial Connect is a series of seven resources which enable students to explore spatial technology applications related to the secondary Geography and Science curriculum.

Builds skills in the application of spatial technology, mapping and the use of big data within the context of contemporary issues.

Includes resources and student activities linked to real-world knowledge sources.

Topics include:• Place and liveability in Ballarat – Level 7• Environment management in rural catchments – Level 10• Exploring Victoria’s biodiversity – Level 9/10• Flooding in rural Victoria (Hazards and disasters) – VCE Unit 1• Sports and recreation spatial – Level 9/10• Visualising Victoria’s Groundwater – Level 9/10

Download the resource at spatialconnect.org.au

Spatial Connect is a project undertaken by Federation University Australia’s Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) in partnership with the GTAV.

AURIN GIS classroom resources Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) and the GTAV have collaborated to produce classroom resources using data sets from the Aurin GIS map portal.

The GTAV map learning exercises allow students to work with and manipulate data sets.

Topics include:• Investigating liveability: Level 7• Geographies of interconnections: Level 9• Investigating transport and the environment: Level 10• Investigating wellbeing: Level 10

Access these resources from: aurin.org.au/gtav/

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Visualising Victoria’s Groundwater

Sport and Recreation Spatial

SPATIAL CONNECTAn activity based project

LEVEL 9

gtav

iNatural Resource Management

Environmental

management in

rural catchments


LEVEL 9

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Historic Urban Landscapes (HUL), Ballarat

Place and liveability in Ballarat – Historic Urban Landscapes (HUL)


LEVEL 7

gtav

iCongrangamite Flood Portal

Flooding in rural Victoria

Hazards and Disasters


VCE UNIT 1

FREE

FREE

http://research.unimelb.edu.au/foodprint-melbourne/school-resources/year-9-geography

http://spatialconnect.org.au

http://aurin.org.au/gtav/



Geography Skills Unlocked (Revised edition)An exciting new skills book for students.

Provides Geoskills and GeoInquiry activities that scaffold student learning.

A wealth of stimulus material including a diverse range of maps, graphs, aerial photographs, satellite images, diagram and photographs.

Published by the Australian Geography Teachers Association (AGTA).

Geography Literacy UnlockedWritten for secondary Geography students seeking to improve their literacy skills.

Includes a focus on written, visual and oral literacy.

Descriptions of the principal text types used in Geography, supported by annotated examples.

Guidance for writers quoting, paraphrasing, summarising and referencing the work of others.

Published by the Australian Geography Teachers Association (AGTA).

Geography Fieldwork UnlockedFeatures 35 inquiry-based fieldwork activities

Guide to developing and presenting fieldwork

Nine fieldwork activities for primary students (F–6)

Twenty-five fieldwork activities for secondary students (7–10).

$39.95 each

$29.95 each

$59.95 each

AGTA GEOSKILLS TEACHER PACKAvailable for pre-service teachers

All three Unlocked titles for $115.00 – save $15

Living Locally 20-Minute Neighbourhoods YEAR LEVEL: Year 7FORMAT: Downloadable PDF filesThis resource uses DELWP spatial information and data to enable students learn about the concept of 20-minute neighbourhoods and living locally. The program encourages students to develop their own neighbourhood plan using GIS software.

The resource and design challenge will align the housing, transport and sustainable development policies from Plan Melbourne with the Victorian and Australian Curriculum: Geography in an applied student project.

The resource includes:• comprehensive teacher resource• student resources including worksheets, links to videos, maps and diagrams• stimulating student activities• fieldwork activity• detailed instructions for the GIS mapping including entry to the MapIT! competition.

You can access the resource from the GTAV website:

Teacher resource: gtav.asn.au/documents/item/1388

Student booklet: gtav.asn.au/documents/item/1387

FREE

http://gtav.asn.au/documents/item/1388

http://gtav.asn.au/documents/item/1387



GTAV professional learning online courses are ideal for teachers who wish to upgrade their personal skill set, for out of-field teachers or for teachers wishing to improve their skills in a certain area. Support is available from the Education Officer during these courses.

The following online courses are now available:• Geography skills• Geography fieldwork• Geography concepts• Spatial technology.

Teachers may choose to complete ANY or ALL four modules.

You can complete a module at any time that suits you and in any order.

A certificate will be provided on completion of each module assessment.

Each module in this course is expected to take approximately 14–20 hours.

Further information: gtav-ecourses.asn.au

GTAV ONLINE Certificate of Geography Competency

MEMBER PRICE$200 per module

NON-MEMBER PRICE$250 per module

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Topographic Map Kits YEAR LEVEL: Years 7–9 FORMAT: Each map kit includes: 12 topographic maps of one

kind, set of reproducible activities to support the map, set of activity answers

These map kits are topographic maps and activities which link to the content descriptors for Geography.

Activities and answers are available in word format to enable teachers to add their own questions/activities as required.

Map locations available are:• Anglesea North• Cathedral Ranges• Costerfield• Deans Marsh South

• Longwood• Yinnar• You Yangs

MEMBER PRICE$50 per kit

NON-MEMBER PRICE$75 per kit

Geography Concepts Posters YEAR LEVEL: Years F–6, 7–10FORMAT: Set of 7 print A2-sized postersThe Geography Concept posters have been designed to introduce students to the seven Geography concepts – space, place, interconnection, change, environment, scale and sustainability.

The A2 sized posters are available as a set of seven – one poster for each concept.

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Poster set only $50

*For conference attendees only

MEMBER PRICE7 posters plus activities

(PDF) $100 per set

NON-MEMBER PRICE$120 per set

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