Geography 12 Course Planning Guide
- Introduction to the Five themes of Geography
a. Focus on the location of the school
b. the immediate neighbourhood
c. Vancouver
d. Lower Mainland
e. Fraser Valley
f. British Columbia
g. Canada
h. Pacific Northwest
i. Pacific Rim
- Plate Tectonics, Subduction Zones, Earthquakes, Volcanic Activity in the Coastal Cordillera, Ring of Fire, Volcanic Hotspots, San Andreas Fault, Iceland, African Rift Valley. Case Studies: Earth quake engineering, Volcanoes as a destructive and creative force. Mount St. Helens, Garibaldi. Energy: Geothermal Heat
Stanley Park Field Study
- Atmosphere, Land and Sea Breezes (Vancouver to Hope: Hang gliding). Weather and Climate. Focus on Vancouver. Energy: Wind Turbines
- Ice Ages, Glaciation (Continental, Alpine), Geomorphology.
- Fluvial Geomorphology. Energy: Hydro power and dams
- Coastal Geomorphology. Energy: Tidal Energy
- Eolian Geomorphology
- Climate and Vegetation, Climate Change, Climate and Human Activities. Fossil Fuels: Coal, Natural Gas, Oil
- Climate, Weathering, and Soil
- Natural and man-made disasters