Information about it?

Is this a new subject?

From the description, it looks like this is very similar to Geography.

Could a teacher please tell us what it is about and how it works.

Thnx

It's not new, it's been here for a while.

As far as I can tell, it's just plate tectonics all over again, and I'm sure a lot of us don't want to go back to that.

Well, as the Subject Selection booklet says:

PRELIMINARY

Planet Earth and its Journey - A Five Thousand Million Year Journey: evolution of the solar system and Earth, conditions necessary for life and the impact of man on these conditions.
The Local Environment: a fieldwork based study of the local environment.
Water Issues: essential for life water is a limited resource responsible for Earth's climate.
Dynamic Earth: the Australian continent is the result of tectonic changes over 4 billion years.

HSC

Tectonic Impacts: a global view of Earth history and tectonics.
Environments Through Time: evolution of life and the environment is studied through fossil evidence. This evidence has an impact upon present-day environmentalists and lawmakers.
Caring for the Country: changes to Australia's environment since the arrival of Europeans are producing unique challenges for sustainable development.

It does sound a lot like Geo. Sounds kinda interesting, but all the environment topics seem boring for me.

I don't think there has ever been a class for it.

its basically a scientific approach to the Earth where you learn more about the actual processes, whereas in geography, you study implications and whatnot

sandyra wrote:I don't think there has ever been a class for it.

Maybe next year will be the first? Who knows?

Sounds interesting, but it just isn't for me.

ppl should choose geo if they like this type of subject because i just think there wont be enough demand for this

d3st1nyliang wrote:ppl should choose geo if they like this type of subject because i just think there wont be enough demand for this

Agree: I think Baulko has never had this subject before. Then again, that doesn't mean that it won't happen this year.

It seems that most if not all of the HSC exam is about the earth part of the course.

Therefore I would assume that a lot of the assignments and non-exam stuff is to do with environmental.