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1 GEOGRAPHY RESOURCES JULY DECEMBER 2017 Lake Como, Itlay Matteo photos / Shutterstock.com Teaching GPS in Schools GTAV Members borrow the GPS units for FREE GTAV GPS Units for loan The GTAV has 36 high-end Garmin GPS devices which can be borrowed by member schools as a class set. There is no charge to use these devices. However, if they cannot be picked up and returned to the GTAV Office in Camberwell, Victoria, you will need to cover the cost of postage. The devices come to you with clear instructions and fantastic activities. The GTAV website includes worksheets and videos of Coburg High School Year 7 students using the units: They are ideal for fieldwork and accurate change over time locational measurement, cross sectional profiles and to show the importance of this STEM tool in Geography. Contact the GTAV office to book. Find the GPS Borrowing Policy at FREE Committed to excellence in geographical education in Victoria

2 VCE GEOGRAPHY GTAV VCE Geography textbook series ( ) YEAR LEVEL: VCE FORMAT: Print book and ebook The GTAV has published four textbooks one for each unit for Victorian students and teachers. Developed and published for the VCE Geography Study Design , these comprehensive course books provide topical case studies that enable students to understand and apply geographical concepts, key knowledge and skills. 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. UNIT 1 Hazards and Disasters UNIT 2 Tourism The textbooks are available in print and electronic format (Student licence 15 months). Details at PRINT $49.50 each EBOOK licence $35.00 each BUNDLE PRICE PRINT AND EBOOK licence bundle $64.50 each UNIT 3 Changing the Land UNIT 4 Human Population

3 Preparing for the Units 3 and 4 exam: VCE Geography Revision Study Guide (2016) YEAR LEVEL: VCE FORMAT: Print book Preparing for the Units 3 and 4 exam is a revision guide designed to provide VCE students with opportunities to practice and revise the use of: directive terms geographical concepts STUDY GUIDE REVISION Preparing for the Units 3 and 4 exam ISBN: geographical skills. It provides a range of questions based on unseen data as great practice for the VCAA exam. 130pp including tear-out colour section. $29.50 each NEW RESOURCES GTAV Trial Exam A (2017) GTAV Trial Exam B (2017) YEAR LEVEL: VCE FORMAT: Print pack To support teachers and students in the new VCE Study Design, the GTAV is publishing TWO Trial Exams. 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, in some cases, been authors or reviewers of the very successful GTAV VCE textbook series. Each exam incorporates a colour A4 booklet using a variety of colour data maps, graphs, photographs, tables and text extracts. WHAT YOU GET Each Trial Exam pack (A and B) includes: 1 set of 15 printed, high-quality colour Data booklets* 1 Question booklet (Blackline master format) 1 set of Guidelines for student responses 1 Marking sheet. *No need for schools to do their own colour printing. Limited copies of 2016 Trial Exams A and B are available for $20 each. Exam A OR Exam B $90 each BUNDLE Exam A AND Exam B bundle $150 each Exam A OR Exam B $60 each BUNDLE $100 each Committed to excellence in geographical education in Victoria

4 A geographic lens allows you to look at the world in multiple ways. There has never been a more exciting time to study Geography. Tourism & Agriculture Ecotourism Natural Geomorphology Resource Mapping Disaster Land International Degradation Development Environment Assessment Engineering Remote Diplomatic Teaching & Sensing Market Research Service Education Surveying Architecture Resource Regional Geographical Local & Planning Environmental Information Sciences Regional Hydrology Systems (GIS) Development Climatology Meteorology Land Urban Social Property Planning Development Mining Planning Planning Oceanography Strategic Hazard Planning Geology Assessment Social Conservation Service & Defence Wildlife Welfare Real Aid Climate Estate Change Assessment Transport Town Planning Planning Forest Marine Science Biologist Emergency Services PROMOTE GEOGRAPHY study Mount Taranaki, New Zealand : CNES 2004 to 2011, Distribution Airbus DS Study Geography Brochure YEAR LEVEL: Year 8 10 igorstevanovic/shutterstockset of 50 for FORMAT: A4 brochure $22.50 Discover all the possibilities! Designed for Year 8 10 students and their parents, this brochure outlines options that a study of Geography offers students including ideas about careers. The essential messages are that Geography is fun; Geography leads to a variety of careers; and Geography cultivates a unique world view. This is an essential resource for promoting a study of Geography in the junior and middle years. Set of 50 for $15.00 BRANCHING OUT WITH GEOGRAPHY Branching out with GEOGRAPHY Geographers are highly employable and have diverse careers paths. Where can Geography take you and your career? UPDATED for GTAV Careers Brochure (2017) YEAR LEVEL: Year 9 VCE FORMAT: A4 brochure The Branching out with Geography careers brochure has been revised for 2017, with a new colour and fully revised course guide inside. This brochure will assist students and parents in understanding where a study of Geography can take them in their careers. 0.45c each 0.30c each First 20 copies FREE for members Careers Poster YEAR LEVEL: All levels FORMAT: A2 poster This beautifully-presented poster provides a colourful display for your classroom. It is also a resource that can stimulate discussion and ideas about careers that link to a study of Geography. Used in conjunction with the GTAV Careers Brochure, your Geography students can make clear decisions about the pathways that a study of Geography can create. $15 each $10 each

5 AGTA ANNOUNCES AN ESSENTIAL NEW GEOGRAPHY RESOURCE Geography Skills Unlocked is an exciting new skills book for Australian secondary schools Geography Skills Unlocked is published by the Australian Geography Teachers Association and written by a team of experienced Geography teachers. KEY FEATURES: Contents aligned to the inquiry and skills-based requirements of Australian Curriculum: Geography An engaging, easy to navigate design A student friendly approach with step-by-step explanations, descriptions and worked examples A focus on emerging technologies used to gather, analyse and present geographical data GeoSkills and GeoInquiry activities that scaffold student learning A wealth of stimulus material including a diverse range of maps, graphs, aerial photographs, satellite images, diagrams and photographs Examples drawn from each Australian state and territory with additional international material Key terms explained in embedded glossary boxes $39.95 each Committed to excellence in geographical education in Victoria

6 OTHER GEOGRAPHY RESOURCES NEW RESOURCE Primary Geography Resources YEAR LEVEL: Years F 6 FORMAT: A4 Brochure This 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. $30 each $20.00 each SAVE $100 Geospatial Skills : Activity Book Level 5 YEAR LEVEL: Years 5 8 FORMAT: Activity book Geospatial Skills : Activity Book Level 6 YEAR LEVEL: Years 6 9 FORMAT: Activity book These activity books cover the curriculum across Levels 5 and 6, as well as Years 7 9. The activity books cover skills including: 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. Regions referred to develop these skills include: Australia, Asia Pacific, North and South America, Europe and Antarctica. $7.50 each : $5.00 each Class Set 30 for $50.00 Geoinvestigations : Fiji Broadsheet Packs YEAR LEVEL: Year 7 FORMAT: set of 15, A2 broadsheets, printed on both sides with text, data, images and maps This pack includes a topographic map extract, rainfall and land use maps, numerous images, and a variety of statistical data, often represented as tables and using assorted graph styles. To support this broadsheet the GTAV provides a free series of worksheets. Activities utilise the data sheet to develop student knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of the region and to explain the interaction between the physical processes and the human activities in Fiji. $15 per set $10 per set

7 We can see patterns at different levels local, national, regional and global. Photograph: David Butali Photograph: skyepics.com.au Photograph: Idris Ahmed / Alamy Photograph: D.A.ST. Arteam interconnection Places and people are connected to each other. scale is the way geographical phenomena and problems can be examined at different spatial levels. space Where are people and things located on the Earth s surface? How do people manage space? Primary Geography Concept Posters and Activities YEAR LEVEL: Years F 6 FORMAT: Set of 7 A2 sized posters, set of activities (on USB) Secondary Geography Concept Posters and Activities YEAR LEVEL: Years 7 10 FORMAT: Set of 7 A2 sized posters, set of activities (on USB) These Geography Concept posters have been designed to introduce students to the seven geography concepts space, place, interconnection, change, environment, scale and sustainability. There are two sets for Primary and for Secondary classrooms. Stunning images to create awe and wonder in your students. The A2 sized posters are available as a set of seven - one poster for each concept. Each poster is supported by classroom-ready activities based on the seven Geography concepts. Sixty pages of activities. $120 per set 7 posters + USB $100 per set 7 posters + USB scale Topographic Map Kit 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 of the AusVELS: 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 Bright Cathedral Ranges Costerfield Deans Marsh South Longwood Lorne SOLD OUT Monbulk Wilsons Promontory SOLD OUT Yinnar You Yangs $75 per kit $50 per kit Committed to excellence in geographical education in Victoria

8 GTAV RESOURCES ORDER FORM / TAX INVOICE CONTACT DETAILS Name: School / Organisation: Postal Address: Postcode: Phone: Fax/ Mobile: Date of Order: ORDER DETAILS Geography Teachers Association of Victoria Inc. ABN Will pick up order from GTAV office OR Will require order to be posted ITEM TITLE QUANTITY COST GTAV VCE Geography textbook series *Please download order form from Preparing for the Units 3 and 4 exam: VCE Geography Revision Study Guide NEW GTAV VCE Trial Exam (2017) EXAM A NEW GTAV VCE Trial Exam (2017) EXAM B NEW GTAV VCE Trial Exam bundle (2017) Includes both Exam A AND Exam B GTAV VCE Trial Exam (2016) EXAM A OR EXAM B Study Geography Brochure GTAV Careers Brochure (2017) **First 20 copies are FREE** Careers Poster Geography Skills Unlocked NEW Primary Geography Resources (2017) Geospatial Skills : Activity Book Level 5 Geospatial Skills : Activity Book Level 6 Geoinvestigations : Fiji Broadsheet Packs Primary Geography Concept Posters and Activities (poster set and USB) Secondary Geography Concept Posters and Activities (poster set and USB) Topographic Map Kit MAP NAME: POSTAGE & HANDLING 1 item = $10, 2 or more items = $15 $ TOTAL PAYMENT $ PAYMENT DETAILS Make cheques payable to: GTAV School purchase order no. Cheque OR Visa MasterCard TAX INVOICE Card Number: Card Expiry Date: Name of Cardholder: Signature: Phone: Cardholder s Contact Post, fax or your completed order to: GTAV PO Box 2066, Camberwell West VIC 3124 Fax: 03) office@.asn.au All prices quoted include GST. Postage & Prices subject to change without notice. Once completed, this form constitutes a Tax Invoice, please keep a copy for your own reference. All orders are supplied on a firm order basis. Damaged or defective goods replaced if claimed within 7 days of delivery. OFFICE USE: