Geography
Geography learning area contacts:
- Carolyn Fleischer : +61 8 9273 6735 | Carolyn.Fleischer@scsa.wa.edu.au
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ATAR
The Authority is reviewing the ATAR syllabuses. For more information see the Syllabus Review section below.
The study of the Geography ATAR course draws on students’ curiosity about the diversity of the world’s places and their peoples, cultures and environments. It provides students with the knowledge and understanding of the nature, causes and consequences of natural and ecological hazards, international integration in a range of spatial contexts, land cover transformations, and the challenges affecting the sustainability of places. In the ATAR course, students learn how to collect information from primary and secondary sources, such as field observation and data collection, mapping, monitoring, remote sensing, case studies and reports.
SyllabusGrading- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 (404.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:48pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 (308.6 KB)
- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 (for teaching from 2022) (621.0 KB) Last updated: 24 Aug 2021 3:33pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 (for teaching from 2022) (310.5 KB)
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 (463.9 KB) Last updated: 19 Aug 2020 10:44am
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 (193.6 KB)
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 (for teaching from 2023) (593.5 KB) Last updated: 24 Aug 2021 3:33pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 (for teaching from 2023) (316.9 KB)
- ATAR summary of syllabus changes (198.9 KB) Last updated: 24 Aug 2021 3:33pm
- ATAR summary of syllabus changes (91.6 KB)
Support Materials-
Available work samples are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at Extranet login.
Examination Materials- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (240.4 KB) Last updated: 20 Sep 2017 11:35am
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (343.8 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (425.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:20pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (827.8 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline (278.5 KB) Last updated: 20 Sep 2017 11:37am
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline (407.8 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline (440.2 KB) Last updated: 21 Aug 2019 12:26pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline (343.4 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (764.7 KB) Last updated: 21 Aug 2019 12:27pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (594.5 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline (496.0 KB) Last updated: 21 Aug 2019 12:27pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline (413.2 KB)
- 2021 GEO Written Examination Front Cover (287.1 KB) Last updated: 24 Aug 2021 3:35pm
- 2020 Acknowledgement variations for ATAR course exams (586.9 KB) Last updated: 25 May 2021 7:51am
- 2020 Examination (445.5 KB) Last updated: 12 Feb 2021 9:20am
- 2020 Summary examination report for candidates (127.9 KB) Last updated: 19 Mar 2021 1:13pm
- 2020 Marking key (946.4 KB) Last updated: 12 Feb 2021 9:20am
- 2020 Geography broadsheet (high resolution A2) (13.0 MB) Last updated: 12 Feb 2021 9:20am
- 2020 Geography broadsheet (lowresolution A3) (13.3 MB) Last updated: 12 Feb 2021 9:20am
- Additional Past ATAR Course Examinations
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General
The Authority is reviewing the ATAR syllabuses. For more information see the Syllabus Review section below.
In the Geography General course students learn how to collect information from primary and secondary sources, such as field observation and data collection, mapping, monitoring, remote sensing, case studies and reports. Geography as a discipline values imagination, creativity and speculation as modes of thought. It develops students’ knowledge about the interconnections between places and explores the spatial patterns and processes related to environments at risk, and to the protection of such environments through management at local, regional and global levels.
SyllabusGrading- General Syllabus Year 11 (369.4 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:08pm
- General Syllabus Year 11 (296.6 KB)
- General Syllabus Year 12 (421.5 KB) Last updated: 10 May 2018 11:13am
- General Syllabus Year 12 (175.3 KB)
Support Materials-
Available work samples are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at Extranet login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2021- General Year 12 sample assessment outline (437.7 KB) Last updated: 23 Aug 2019 9:46am
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline (347.9 KB)
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (609.5 KB) Last updated: 23 Aug 2019 9:47am
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (476.1 KB)
- General Year 12 sample course outline (504.6 KB) Last updated: 23 Aug 2019 9:47am
- General Year 12 sample course outline (412.3 KB)
- General Year 11 sample assessment outline (443.6 KB) Last updated: 25 Nov 2020 9:17am
- General Year 11 sample assessment outline (347.8 KB)
- General Year 11 sample assessment tasks (606.0 KB) Last updated: 25 Nov 2020 9:18am
- General Year 11 sample assessment tasks (650.0 KB)
- General Year 11 sample course outline (503.3 KB) Last updated: 25 Nov 2020 9:19am
- General Year 11 sample course outline (360.5 KB)
Externally Set Task Materials 2020- 2021 GEO General EST Unit 3 Content (296.1 KB) Last updated: 24 Sep 2020 1:26pm
Externally Set Task Materials 2019- 2020 General EST Unit 3 Content (327.7 KB) Last updated: 25 Sep 2019 3:45pm
Externally Set Task Materials 2018- 2019 General EST Unit 3 content (172.4 KB) Last updated: 20 Sep 2018 9:50am
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2017- 2018 General EST Unit 3 content (167.4 KB) Last updated: 22 Sep 2017 12:23pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2016- 2017 General EST Unit 3 content (169.0 KB)
- 2017 General EST Unit 3 content (171.5 KB) Last updated: 26 Sep 2018 9:51am
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
- General sample EST (305.8 KB)
- General sample EST (184.5 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:33am
- General sample EST marking key (327.0 KB)
- General sample EST marking key (204.5 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:33am
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Syllabus Review
The Authority is reviewing the ATAR syllabuses. For further information, please contact:
Mandy Hudson
Manager, Curriculum and Assessment