HSIE Teachers - Preliminary Geography
  • Preliminary Geography
  • Biophysical Interactions
    • The biophysical environment >
      • Internet research
      • Group research
      • What is sustainable development?
      • Sustainable development group work
    • Atmosphere >
      • Extended response
      • Microclimate fieldwork
      • Atmosphere glossary
    • Hydrosphere >
      • Water Quality Fieldwork
      • Hydrosphere Essay
      • Orographic rainfall
    • Biosphere >
      • Fieldsketch
      • Biosphere Essay
      • Biosphere Poster
      • Biosphere - Precis map
      • Fieldwork - Vegetation Profile
    • Lithosphere >
      • Lithosphere essay
      • Fieldwork - soil characteristics
      • Lithosphere group work
    • Interactions - the four spheres
    • Issue - River regulation in the Mekong >
      • Interactions >
        • Rivers - Key terms
        • Fluvial Landform Features
      • Sensitivity to change
      • Effective management
      • River fieldwork
      • Mekong PBL
    • Revision
    • Life Skills
  • Global Challenges
    • Population >
      • Nature, Rate, Distribution
      • Fertility
      • Mortality >
        • COVID-19
      • Population Pyramids
      • Population Movements
      • Refugees
      • Environmental, economic and social issues
      • Extended response
    • Natural Hazards - Bushfire (new syllabus)
    • Natural Hazards - Flood (new syllabus)
    • Natural Resources
    • Cultural Integration
    • Excursion - Cabramatta
  • SGP
  • Skills
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Population Geography

Students learn about:

Population Geography 

• the changing nature, rate and distribution of the world’s population 
• spatial patterns of fertility and mortality 
• types, volumes and directions of population movements such as rural-urban migration, labour migration and refugee migration 
• issues arising from the changing size and distribution of population including environmental, economic and social impacts. 

Student learn to:
investigate and communicate geographically by 
• asking and addressing geographical questions such as 
– how and why is the distribution of the world’s population changing? 
– what are the factors responsible for cultural integration? 
– what is the future of the nation-state? 
– how can spatial inequality be defined? 
– what types of conflicts can arise from the ownership and use of natural resources? 

use geographical skills and tools such as 
• calculating population density of a chosen area using a map 
• using information technology to collect and synthesise data relevant to ecologically sustainable development 
• estimating the scale of a given area from aerial photographs and satellite images to understand spatial patterns of natural resources use 
• orientating a photograph to a map of an urban area 
• interpreting frequency distributions and diagrams about access to food, shelter and educational opportunities for different groups. 

identify geographical methods applicable to, and useful in, the workplace such as 
• mapping global patterns of population distribution and migration 
• applying information technology such as the Internet to understand population change 
• the relevance of a geographical understanding of global challenges to a particular vocation such as: advising diplomats and politicians, practising journalism, participating in non-government organisations (NGOs), providing background information for tourist agencies and media outlets.

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  • Preliminary Geography
  • Biophysical Interactions
    • The biophysical environment >
      • Internet research
      • Group research
      • What is sustainable development?
      • Sustainable development group work
    • Atmosphere >
      • Extended response
      • Microclimate fieldwork
      • Atmosphere glossary
    • Hydrosphere >
      • Water Quality Fieldwork
      • Hydrosphere Essay
      • Orographic rainfall
    • Biosphere >
      • Fieldsketch
      • Biosphere Essay
      • Biosphere Poster
      • Biosphere - Precis map
      • Fieldwork - Vegetation Profile
    • Lithosphere >
      • Lithosphere essay
      • Fieldwork - soil characteristics
      • Lithosphere group work
    • Interactions - the four spheres
    • Issue - River regulation in the Mekong >
      • Interactions >
        • Rivers - Key terms
        • Fluvial Landform Features
      • Sensitivity to change
      • Effective management
      • River fieldwork
      • Mekong PBL
    • Revision
    • Life Skills
  • Global Challenges
    • Population >
      • Nature, Rate, Distribution
      • Fertility
      • Mortality >
        • COVID-19
      • Population Pyramids
      • Population Movements
      • Refugees
      • Environmental, economic and social issues
      • Extended response
    • Natural Hazards - Bushfire (new syllabus)
    • Natural Hazards - Flood (new syllabus)
    • Natural Resources
    • Cultural Integration
    • Excursion - Cabramatta
  • SGP
  • Skills
  • HSIE Teachers Home