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EES Resources

Earth and Environmental Science Summer Handbook (125MB) over 300 pages of rescources and activites created by John Mignone

Climate Change (Year 10)

Broken down into the following 4 subtopics

Topic 1.1

Investigating how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are reducing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions through the reinstatement of traditional fire management regimes
modelling a cycle, such as the water, carbon, nitrogen or phosphorus cycle within the biosphere

Topic 1.2

Explaining the causes and effects of the greenhouse effect
investigating how human activity affects global systems

Topic 1.3

Investigating the effect of climate change on sea levels and biodiversity
Considering the long-term effects of loss of biodiversity

Topic 1.4

Investigating currently occurring changes to permafrost and sea ice and the impacts of these changes
Examining the factors that drive the deep ocean currents, their role in regulating global climate, and their effects on marine life

Download the entire folder (450MB from Google Drive) - if you have any problems please email geoscience.pathways@gmail.com for a copy/support.

Stage 1 Earth and Environmental Science

Preface
Chapter 1 - Turbulent Earth (PDF 7MB)
Chapter 2 - Composition of the geosphere (PDF 2MB)
Chapter 3 - Processes in the Geosphere (PDF 2MB)
Chapter 4 - The Earth's atmosphere (PDF 5MB)
Chapter 5 - Importance of the hydrosphere (PDF 2MB)
Chapter 6 - Biosphere (PDF 2MB)

For a word document of the original files please contact geoscience.pathways@gmail.com

Stage 1 SEEDS Project (Word 200K)
Stage 1 EES Rock and Mineral ID (PDF 200K)
Stage 1 EES QuakeCaster design practical (Word 1MB)

Stage 2 Earth and Environmental Science

These resources were developed by Dr Bernd Michaelsen with funding supplied through the Geoscience Pathways Project. They have been developed to line up with the SACE EES unit and are resources that members of the Geoscience Pathways Project can use to help teach the units.

Stage 2 Topic 1 Earth Systems (PDF 2.5MB)
Stage 2 Topic 2 Earth's Resources (PDF 8MB)
Stage 2 Topic 3 Climate Change (PDF 7.5MB)
Stage 2 Topic 4 Earth's Sustainable Future (PDF 7.4MB)

Here are some exemplars and SHE Investigations that may help your teaching

Stage 2 Brukunga Assessment Task (Word 1.4MB)
Stage 2 Deconstruction Flow Chart (Word 100K)
Stage 2 External ES Study (Word 100K)
Stage 2 Field Investigation 1 (PDF 300K)
SHE Investigation Plate Tectonics theory (Word 100K)
SHE Investigation of River Murray salinity (Word 450K)
SHE Investigation Earths Resources (Word 100K)
SHE Investigation Climate Science (Word 100K)

Here are some local South Australia resources

Possible Coorong Studies for EES students (Word 100KB)
Para Wirra Conservation Park(Word 1MB)
Oaklands Wetlands(PDF 3MB)
Innes National Park(Word 500KB)
Cobbler Creek SACE Earth and Environmental Science(Word 850KB)
Anstey Hill Conservation Park(Word 650KB)
Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary(Word 600KB)

Earth and Environmental Stage 2 Selected Course Notes (90MB) collated by Mark O'Callaghan

Please note: as the curriculum is subject to changes throughout the years it is your job to ensure that the tasks, content etc are up to date before delivering to students.