Humanities: Level 5 Geography(Alive S.)

"Humanities Alive Geography, Level 5, Teacher Support Kit" provides a total support package for teachers using the textbook "Humanities Alive Geography 1". This textbook specifically addresses the new Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS), Level 5. The support kit is in two parts. Part A provides a wealth of support material for every chapter in the textbook. Part B contains 55 photocopiable worksheets to extend learning opportunities for selective textbook spreads. Key features of every chapter in Part A include: a detailed grid linking content to key standards for the Disciple-based Learning, Interdisciplinary Learning and the Physical, Personal and Social Learning strands; links, where appropriate, to other discipline-based domains (and selected texts); links to support material and other resources on the Jacaranda website (including an assessment template that can be customised, and pertinent ICT instructional material)p; suggested teaching and assessment strategies throughout Pedagogical comment, including any VELS links, for all worksheets; and, answers to all activities, with additional background information included, where appropriate, for the busy teacher. "Humanities Alive" - bringing the Victorian Essential Learning Standards to life!

Table of Contents:
Coverage of Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) Introduction About the CD-ROM ICT Support Weblinks Acknowledgements PART A : PLANNING & SUGGESTED ANSWERS CHAPTER 1: Geospatial skills Dreaming of maps From a bird's-eye view What is a map? Using map legends Finding your way Understanding scale Using grid references Latitude and longitude Longitude and world time zones Map projections Different types of maps Working with photographs Satellite images Making graphs Check and challenge CHAPTER 2: The Asia-Pacific region Spatial patterns on Earth Asia-Pacifi c landforms The Summit: On top of the world Australian landforms Natural environments of the Asia-Pacific region Adapting to natural environments Environments under threat Population in the Asia-Pacific region Human patterns in the Asia-Pacific region Growing rice in Indonesia Australia's human environments Asian tsunami crisis Check and challenge CHAPTER 3: Deserts What is this landform? Lost in the desert Deserts of the world Why are deserts dry? Water in an arid land Desert forms and patterns Survival skills in the desert Life in the desert Humans adapt to the desert Humans change the desert Coober Pedy -- desert town Desert Sun: Sand blankets Beijing Check and challenge CHAPTER 4: Endangered species Dead as a dodo Gorillas in the mist Going, going, gone Where are they? Disappearing habitats Giant pandas on the brink Saving the mountain pygmy possum Illegal wildlife trade Managing elephants Endangered in Australia The Last Post: Cat murders bilby Check and challenge CHAPTER 5: Advanced geospatial skills Landforms The language of maps Showing height on maps Contour lines Common contour patterns Cross-sections Introducing topographic maps Working with topographic maps River patterns Using technology Geographic information systems Check and challenge CHAPTER 6: Living in the Asia-Pacific region Contrasts and connections Asian-Pacific diversity Asian-Pacific populations Indigenous people Asian-Pacifi c religions Asian-Pacifi c land use Mining in the Pacific Fishing in the Pacifi c Islands Living conditions Manila Times: Dump disaster Assisting our world -- the AusAID program Helping East Timor Check and challenge CHAPTER 7: Weather and hazards Why weather matters Weather -- what is it? The Sun: Tennis sizzler Hot and cold places The water cycle Signs in the sky Read a weather map Too much rain -- fl oods Thunderstorms Wild winds Bushfi re: Australian hazard Black Saturday Drought in Australia Check and challenge CHAPTER 8: Volcanoes and earthquakes The fi re beneath our feet Broken plates How volcanoes work Volcanic landforms Living with volcanoes Eruption at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea How earthquakes happen Napier earthquake Earthquake survival Bangkok Today: Tsunami! Research and presentation Check and challenge CHAPTER 9: Rainforests Rumble in the jungle Jungle Beat: Jungle plane crash The rainforest biome The amazin' Amazon Why are rainforests so important? Living in the jungle Australia's rainforests Daintree River National Park, Queensland Rainforests under attack Highways of destruction Rescuing the rainforests Check and challenge CHAPTER 10: Antarctica The last wilderness Antarctica -- the facts Ice, ice and more ice Cold, dry and windy Living in a freezer The riches of Antarctica Science on the ice The Antarctic Star: Threats abound Construct an overlay map Australia and the Antarctic Australia's Antarctic hero: Sir Douglas Mawson Check and challenge PART B : WORKSHEETS