1. Year 10 Subject Selection – Environmental Studies

2. Course Description
Students in this unit will study environmental change and management of it. They will focus on investigating the environmental geography through an in-depth study of a specific environment.
Students will look at the environmental functions that support life, major challenges to their sustainability and environmental worldviews.
Students will investigate a specific type of environment and environmental change in Australia and one other country.

3. Why Study this? Work Tasks Assessment tasks Work tasks include:
Fieldwork activities
Note taking
Classroom discussions.
Case studies
Research tasks
Case studies
Research assignment
Field report
Semester Exam

4. Subject pathway….
This subject can lead to VCE studies in each/any of the following areas:
Geography
Environmental Science

5. Extra activities/costs?
There may be in class visits from representatives of relevant local bodies local/regional field work.

6. More information….
Ms Louise Kelly – Classroom Teacher
Tom Sherring – Humanities Learning Area Coordinator