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This assessment involves… NCEA 2.7 - EXPLAIN ASPECTS OF A GEOGRAPHIC TOPIC AT A GLOBAL SCALE achievement standard involves: analysing the pattern(s) and process(es) and how they are significant for people
For excellence….. Explain, comprehensively, aspects of a geographic topic at a global scale involves: fully describing a spatial or temporal pattern of the geographic topic using geographic terminology and concepts fully explaining the cause(s) that contribute to this pattern fully explaining, showing insight, the significance of the topic for people
Processes For the assessment you have to comprehensively explain processes What does comprehensively explain mean? What is a process?
Comprehensive means “to include all or many kinds of things” Explain means “to make something clear – to show its meaning” So comprehensively explain means……….
Process A process is “a series of actions for making or doing something. What are some examples of processes you know???
Below is a list of processes Below is a list of processes. Which of these do you think might be relevant in causing the global feature of coffee production and/or coffee consumption? Industrialisation Religion Global warming Migration Tectonic processes Erosion Consumerism Globalisation Natural environment Standard of Living
Significance Significance means “importance or consequence” What is the significance for people? Individuals and groups Long term and short term Positive and negative
Patterns Write down a definition of pattern “A pattern is………….”
Patterns A pattern is an arrangement of parts Pattern refers to a definite spatial (across space) or temporal (across time) arrangements
Types of patterns Coastal Continents Hemispheres LEDC/MEDC
Write down examples of how we could describe different geographic patterns:
Describing patterns Linear in lines
Describing patterns Concentrated in groups or clusters Earthquakes in NZ Tornadoes US
Describing patterns - Dispersed- patterns occur but are in large, obvious groups World’s major mountain ranges
Identify the pattern and describe
Identify the pattern and describe - the location or paths of Tropical Cyclones, Hurricanes and Typhoons Map TWOTRteh Map of tropical storm routes: 2003 - 2006 tropical storm routes: 2003 - 2006
Identify the pattern and describe
Identify the pattern and describe
Identify the pattern and describe
Identify the pattern and describe
What do all of these maps have in common????
What do all of the maps have in common? They are all global. Our assessment is a global study Did they all have the map conventions?
AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, ADD SOME GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONTO YOUR BLANK MAP
Now draw the equator Show the northern and southern hemispheres
Now draw the Greenwich Meridian or Greenwich Meantime Line. Clearly show the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
N Now locate the Tropics Draw the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. Label the two tropic lines correctly.