Waterfront Workout

This program supports student outcomes in 5A3, Issues relating to human elements of environments, with a focus on urban growth and decline. The overriding theme for the program is one of identifying the stakeholders within the varying landuse zones along the foreshore and assessing the impact of planning policies being implemented as a consequence of urban growth and decline. This process relies heavily on the Dept. of Planning, Infrastructure and Natural Resources, Regional Action Plan, Sharing Sydney Harbour. Through this study students will gain a greater understanding of the need for ecologically sustainable development along this vital interface between the built and natural environments of Sydney Harbour.

Students are introduced to the study area through a series of pre-visit tasks aimed at giving students an insight into the transformation, over time, of the foreshore zones between Darling Harbour and Circular Quay. Through the completion of these tasks before the fieldwork visit, students will gain an understanding of the spatial and ecological dimensions of a range of issues related to managing a natural asset against the backdrop of a thriving metropolis.

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Assessment tasks

A scaffold for the Research Action Plan  - Stage 5 Geography 


 

Years 10

 

 

  

Geography

 

 

SUMMARY OF LEARNING SITES, ACTIVITIES & STUDENT OUTCOMES

 

LEARNING SITE

ACTIVITY / DESCRIPTION

STUDENT OUTCOMES Students will be able to:

 

Previsit tasks prior to fieldwork


Background data collection and analysis from secondary sources to provide a foundation for fieldwork.

Pre visit fieldwork information

Prepare to implement a plan of investigation

 

1.Aquarium Wharf, Darling Harbour or Circular Quay

Introduction to Program

Orientation to study area and overview of fieldwork expectations.

 

Recognise the link between previsit tasks and the fieldwork program.

study site

2. Ferry transfer either to Circular Quay or Darling Harbour

Vision with Division

A landuse classification of the Sharing Sydney Harbour Vision.

Distinguish between spatial and ecological dimensions of the study area using mapping skills.

3. Circular Quay 

Personal Perspectives

Opinion Poll - interviewing the public about their opinions of issues in the study area

 

Use qualitative data gathering techniques to gather and collate relevant data and evaluate the appropriateness of information gathered

Environmental Assessment

Measurements of:

  • noise levels 
  • water quality 
  • wind speeds 
  • light intensity 
  • heritage conservation 

Use quantitative data gathering techniques to gather data and evaluate the environmental impacts of development in the human environment


4. Foreshore Trail.

Circular Quay to Walsh Bay. Darling Harbour to Walsh Bay. 

(4 Locations studied in detail)

Pressure Points

Identification of issues, stakeholders, geographic processes and management strategies at work in specific location within the study area. 

Student Worksheet

Pressure Points - focal points on the trail for investigating urban growth and decline

 

Identify with the processes that form and transform human environments.

Evaluate alternative solutions regarding the management of issues.


5. Observatory Hill EEC (and follow up back at school)

Working it out

Recap on key issues related to urban growth and decline. Identification of likely causes, perceptions by individuals groups and governments, management strategies, and implications for sustainability, social justice and equity.

Present geographical information and communicate a logical argument.

Publish a research report to include possible soloutions to the issues identified.

Reflect on the meaning of citizenship.

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