WHAT WILL I LEARN
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
The study of Geography allows students to
explore, analyse and come to understand the
characteristics of places and geographic
phenomena: What is there? Where is it? Why
is it there? What are the effects of it being
there? How is it changing over time? How
could, and should, it change in the future?
How is it different from other places and
phenomena? How are places and
phenomena connected?
Students explore these questions through
fieldwork, the use of geospatial technologies
and investigation of a wide range of
secondary sources. These methods underpin
the development of a unique framework for
understanding the work, enabling students to
appreciate its complexity, the diversity and
interactions of its environments, economies
and cultures, and the processes that helped
form and transform these.
VCE - Geography
P A G E 5 1 | P A K E N H A M S E C O N D A R Y C O L L E G E S E N I O R S C H O O L 2 0 2 6 H A N D B O O K
UNIT 1: HAZARDS AND DISASTERS
Area of study 1 – Characteristics of
hazards: Students examine hazards at a
range of scales, for example, coastal
hazards and an alien animal invasion or
floods and oil spills. The selection of
hazards should allow students to
undertake fieldwork.
Area of study 2 – Response to
hazards and disasters: Students
explore the nature and effectiveness of
measures, such as prediction and
warning programs and community
preparedness, as well as actions taken
after hazards become destructive
disasters.
STRUCTURE OF STUDY DESIGN
UNIT 1
Outcome 1: Characteristics of hazards
Outcome 2: Responses to disasters
UNIT 2
Outcome 1: Characteristics of tourism
Outcome 2: Risks of Tourism
UNIT 2: TOURISM AND CHALLENGES
Area of study 1 – Characteristics of
tourism: Students examine the
characteristics of tourism, the location
and distribution of tourist destinations
and the factors affecting different types of
tourism.
Area of study 2 – Impact of tourism:
Students explore the environmental,
economic and socio-cultural impacts of
tourism. They investigate one local
tourism location and another elsewhere
in the world.
CONTACT PERSONS
Mrs Susan Banfield
Ms Joanne Nadal