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St. Edmund Campion Secondary School
Department of Canadian & World Studies |
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COURSE NAME: Physical Geography: Patterns, Processes and Interactions
COURSE CODE: CGF 3M1
LEVEL: Grade 11, University/College
Textbook: Earth Matters: Replacement Cost: $65.00
This course examines the major patterns of physical geography and the powerful forces that affect them. Students will investigate the dynamic nature of the earth, the evolving relationship between the planet and its people, and the factors that limit our ability to predict the changes that will occur. Students will use a wide range of geotechnologies and inquiry methods to investigate the distribution and interaction of the elements of their physical environment and to communicate their findings
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CURRICULUM STRANDS AND OVERALL EXPECTATIONS |
Geographic Foundations: Space and Systems
By the end of this course, students will:
§ explain major theories of the origin and internal structure of the earth;
§ analyse the sources and nature of energy flows through the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere;
- explain the physical processes that create landforms, climate, soils, and vegetation.
Human-Environment Interactions
By the end of this course, students will:
§ explain how the earth provides both a habitat for life and a resource for society;
§ evaluate the impact of natural systems on people and their activities;
§ evaluate the impact of human life on the environment;
§ explain the importance of stewardship and sustainability as guiding principles for human use of the physical environment.
Global Connections
By the end of this course, students will:
§ explain the reasons for the global patterns of continents and oceans, landforms, climate, soils, and vegetation;
§ explain the importance of water to global systems;
§ analyse local, regional, and global issues related to physical geography.
Understanding and Managing Change
By the end of this course, students will:
§ analyse the causes and consequences of climate change;
§ analyse how changes in natural systems are caused by natural phenomena;
§ explain how human uses of the earth, especially uses involving technology, cause changes over time in natural systems.
Methods of Geographic Inquiry and Communication
By the end of this course, students will:
§ use the methods and tools of geographic investigation and inquiry to locate, gather, evaluate, and organize information;
§ analyse and interpret data gathered through research and investigation, using a variety of methods and geotechnologies;
communicate the results of geographic inquiries and investigations, using appropriate terms and concepts and a variety of forms and techniques
Unit 1 – Introduction
Unit 2 – Earth & Space
Unit 3 – Climate
Unit 4 – Physical Landforms
Unit 5 – Natural Disasters
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ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION |
A final grade is recorded for every course, and a credit is granted and recorded for every course in which the student's grade is 50% or higher. The final grade for each course in Grades 9–12 will be determined as follows:
• Seventy per cent (70%) of the grade will be based on evaluations conducted throughout the course. This portion of the grade should reflect the student’s most consistent level of achievement
throughout the course, although special consideration should be given to more recent evidence
of achievement .
• Thirty per cent (30%) of the grade will be based on a final evaluation in the form of an examination, performance, essay, and/or other method of evaluation suitable to the course content and administered towards the end of the course.
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Term Work |
60% |
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Research Paper
Final Culminating Activity |
10%
10% |
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Final Exam |
20% |
Within these two areas, marks will be obtained using the four categories specified in the Ontario Curriculum: Canadian and World Studies, Grades 11 and 12 revised 2005.
The categories of knowledge and skills are described as follows:
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Knowledge and Understanding.
• Subject-specific content acquired in each course (knowledge), and the comprehension of its meaning and significance (understanding). |
25% |
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Thinking.
The use of critical and creative thinking skills and/or processes, as follows :
• planning skills (e.g., focusing research, gathering information, organizing an inquiry)
• processing skills (e.g., analysing, evaluating, synthesizing)
• critical/creative thinking processes (e.g., inquiry, problem solving, decision making, research) |
25% |
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Communication.
The conveying of meaning through various forms , as follows :
• oral (e.g., story, role play, song, debate)
• written (e.g., report, letter, diary)
• visual (e.g., model, map, chart, movement, video, computer graphics) |
25% |
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Application.
• The use of knowledge and skills to make connections within and between various contexts. |
25% |
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