Geography Fieldwork: Australia's Physical Environments. The Blue Mountains.

Introduction

The fieldwork today will be on the Blue Mountains. The Blue Mountains is located in NSW and is an Australian heritage. it was an Aboriginal habitat. The Fieldwork requires you to look at the structure and design, surroundings people, places ect.

Watch the following video's and analyse the images for the three locations:

Wentworth Falls

The Three Sisters

The Princess Rock

Also, look at the residential area's, ranges, and the Great Western highway.

Task

]Consider the following questions and write them in point form:

What is there?

Why is it there?

Where is it?

What are the effects of it being there? (i.e habitat, tourism)

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[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDQVxm6yyYs&feature=youtu.be

Wentworth Falls waterfall

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Process

Analyse these images and describe what you see in point form. Write sub headings for each location. Students are to work in pairs of two. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6M5xSHSsAU&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOPUbAByOdI

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOYKQRN8Fq0&feature=youtu.be]

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDh3CP2lv_w&feature=youtu.be]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ztIV-R-Ps&feature=youtu.be

Evaluation

Students are provided with tools such as web sites and activity work sheets, to assist them with completing the task. 

Students are to search tourism, human and environemtal impacts in the Blue Mountains and refer back to the images and video'sprovided. 

Conclusion

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Students reflect on the rhow these areas are affetcted by residents and urbanisation.

Have you found this fieldwork useful?

How has it helped you to understand the Australian Physical environments?