Stage 4 Mandatory Geography Skills & Activities

Stage 4 Mandatory Geography Second Edition is a full colour text and includes 3 full colour stimulus booklets with a global focus and is written for the new 7-8 Geography Syllabus.

Covers all of the Stage 4 Skills. All Skills are thoroughly explained with examples.

Hundreds of questions. The teachers pack includes all answers and sample test papers.

This book is written in clear, easy-to-read language suitable for students at Stage 4 level. All of the skills that are listed in the NSW BOS syllabus for Stage 4 are explained clearly with several examples.

Stimulus material is enclosed within the text to reinforce the explanations. General activities follow to ensure that the skill is understood. The skills books also come with 3 full colour stimulus booklets, similar to the format of the HSC exam booklet. Each of the chapters has questions that refer to the material in the booklets. In the second half of the book are questions based upon each of the 3 stimulus booklets that follow the syllabus outcomes. These short answer type questions enable the student to show that they have met the outcomes set by the BOS.

Some of the chapters include:

• Types of maps and Projections
• Elements of Maps
• Legends, Biophysical Features and Built Features
• Latitude
• Longitude and Time Zones
• Quadrants, Area References and Grid References
• Direction
• Bearings
• Scales
• Distances