Investigative Study 2 - Tundra
In this investigative study you need to compare environmental change in Australia with at least one other country. Throughout the activities you will compare change to arctic and sub-arctic tundra environments in Australia with change in Canada.
Tundra environments are basically cold deserts. The three types of tundra are: Arctic tundra, Antarctic tundra and Alpine tundra. Features of tundra:
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Syllabus:
Investigative study
Select ONE type of environment in Australia as the context for a comparative study with at least ONE other country.
Students:
Investigative study
Select ONE type of environment in Australia as the context for a comparative study with at least ONE other country.
Students:
- investigate the biophysical processes essential to the functioning of the selected environment
- explanation of how the biophysical processes operating in the environment maintain its functioning
- investigate the causes, extent and consequences of the environmental change (ACHGK073)
- examination of the causes and extent of change to the environment in each country
- analysis of the short and long-term consequences of the environmental change in each country
- investigate the management of the environmental change, for example: (ACHGK074, ACHGK075)
- discussion of the factors influencing the management responses in each country eg worldviews, competing demands, technology, climate change
- comparison and evaluation of the effectiveness of the management responses in achieving environmental sustainability
- proposal of how individuals could contribute to achieving environmental sustainability for the environment in each country