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local environment that determine its natural landforms summarise the processes that produce soil. || * Students analyse local maps of the area (this will be presented as a part of the report assignment). geological history of the area. Students perform a first-hand investigation to [|Geological Maps of the Sydney region] [|Geology of Homebush Park] || vegetation of an area can be influence by soil composition and climate Relate the presence of particular animals in the local environment to their requirements within the local environment || Identify, gather and process first-hand or secondary data to identify the dominant types of plants and aimals to the Blackwattle Bay area. ||  || - vegetation cover and diversity - animal diversity and abundance - water flow and abundance || Powerpoint presentation on human impacts and their relation to the Blackwattle Bay area. Assignment 3 Handed out Site assessment of the Blackwattle Bay area. ||  || Evidence that the Australian continental land mass began developing 4.1 Billion yrs ago || * Outline the process of radioactive decay of atomic nuclei Interactive activity on interactive dating. __Oldest Rock on Earth__ > [|Differences in oceanic and continental crust] || Gather information from secondary sources to identify the major world plates, their positions and boundaries, on a map. __Activity__: Where are the worlds volcanoes? Where are the worlds Earthquakes [|Plate Tectonic Map] Powerpoint: Thursday 18th August || [|Where are the worlds plates ?]Interactive activity on plates and plate boundaries || > ||  || Beyond Discovery [|Magnetic Clues] [|Developing the theory of continental drift] [|Interactive site] on plate tectonics and collision zones ||
 * Week || Syllabus Content || Students Learn to; || How students gain understanding || Resources/ Homework ||
 * 1 || **Rocks and Geology**
 * of the local area**
 * The properties of soils**
 * affect the local biological**
 * environment** || Identify and describe the geological features of the
 * Students research the geological history of the local area
 * Students will look at the local geology and try to deduce the
 * identify the main parent rocks of the local area
 * analyse soil in the area for:
 * PH,
 * 1) organic content,
 * 2) moisture content
 * 3) presence of salts (chlorides) || [|detailed geology of the Sydney Basin]
 * 2 ||  || analyse the ways in which the
 * 3 || The impact of humans on the local aquatic and terrestrial environments will differ with locality || Summarise and assess the changes in the local environment in the last 200 years in terms of
 * 4 || ==**DYNAMIC EARTH**==
 * Explain how the relative percentage of remnant radio-isotopes can be used to measure absolute ages of materials, including rocks.
 * Identify evidence for the age of the oldest rocks in Australia || Web quest [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://bwbearthenviro2011.wikispaces.com/file/view/Radiometric+Dating.doc"]] [|Radiometric Dating.doc] on isotopes and radiometric dating.
 * [|Earlier Water on Earth? Oldest Rock Suggests Hospitable Young Planet]** - from National Science Foundation
 * [|News Photos]** - microscopic view of a zircon crystal determined to be 4.4 billion years old, from University of Wisconsin-Madison || [|Interactive radiometric dating site] ||
 * 5 || Crustal plates move and their edges are marked by techtonic activity || * Describe similarities and differences between oceanic and continental crust
 * 6 || Magnetic patterns and volcanic activity provide further evidence of plate divergence || * Explain how the alignment of magnetic fields of minerals in cooling igneous rocks provides an indication of the rocks’ position relative to the magnetic poles.
 * Assess the significance of apparent polar wandering paths as evidence of continental mobility.
 * Explain the significance of the discovery of magnetic field reversals on the development of a time scale
 * Explain how the palaeomagnetic time scale provides evidence for sea floor spreading.
 * Identify regions where sea floor spreading is now occurring and describe the composition of igneous rocks formed at mid-ocean ridges
 * Describe the characteristics of volcanic activity associated with sea floor spreading
 * [|Anomalies hint at magnetic pole flip]** - a short article from New Scientist, April 2002
 * [|Plate Tectonics: The Evidence]** - tutorial from Geology Rocks, University of Edinburgh
 * [|Geophysical Remote Sensing]** - with excellent images and diagrams of geomagnetic information, from Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
 * [|Magnetic stripes and isotopic clocks]** - from This Dynamic Earth, United States Geological Survey ||
 * 7 || The interaction of plates during subduction, collision and breakup || * Describe the processes that may occur when two plates collide
 * Define the term 'subduction zone' and identify the geological features that are charracteristic of a subduction zone
 * Describe the charracteristics of igneous rocks and volcanic activity associated with subduction zones
 * Analyse the inferences about processes occuring at subduction zones using data collected from earthquakes
 * Explain how granites and andesites are formed || [|Plate Tectonics skill tester] || **[|This Dynamic Earth]** - from United States Geological Survey. Online book of 77 pages
 * 8 || Australia has been separated from other continents by plate tectonic motion || * Describe the plate tectonic model and use it to explain the distribution and age of continents and oceans
 * Summarise the evidence found on the Australian-Indian plate that support the hypotheses of crustal movements (plate tectonics and seafloor spreading)
 * Identify continents and subcontinents that formed part of Gondwana and describe evidence infering their origins in Gondwana ||  || [|Separation of Australia from gondwana]- Video ||
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