Year 11 HSC Preliminary Year (2024 Syllabus)
New HSC Syllabus – Annual Conference Edition 2024
Introductory topic analysis
- Earth’s Natural Systems
- People Patterns and Processes
- Human – environment interactions
Lorraine Chaffer
Supporting articles
- Charted: the world’s most populous countries (1973–2023)
- Ranked: the 20 countries with the fastest declining populations
- Gold mining is one of the world’s most destructive and unnecessary industries – here’s how to end it
- Floods play a vital role in ecosystems –It’s time to get out of their way
- Floods can be a disaster for humans –But for nature, it’s boom time
- What Australia learned from recent devastating floods
- 200 experts dissected the black summer bushfires in unprecedented detail. here are six lessons to heed
- Indigenous expertise is reducing bushfires in Northern Australia. It’s time to consider similar approaches for other disasters
- Why adapt to climate change (adapt NSW)
- Royal Botanic Gardens & A institute Botanical Science (About)
Volume 55, No. 2 – 2023
Special 2024 Annual Conference Edition 2024
Year 11 Supporting articles/activities
- Power of the Pyramids (Population Profiles)
Volume 56, No. 2 – 2024
Earth's Natural Systems (2024 Syllabus)
Understanding the Carbon Cycle
Appendices 3 & 4 by Lorraine Chaffer
Carbon Cycle Poster Activities
Lorraine Chaffer
The Carbon Cycle Game
Adapted by Jennifer Ceven from “The Incredible Journey,” Project Wet
Guided Reading Activity
Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO)
Dr Susan Bliss
Volume 53, Special Edition – 2021
Biophysical Interactions: Understanding Sea levels
Ask NASA Climate Blog
Biophysical Interactions: How I teach Global Atmospheric Circulation Model
Tom Highnet
Biophysical Interactions: The Cryosphere
Lorraine Chaffer
Stage 6 Skills: Cryosphere. (pp 106-107)
Lorraine Chaffer
Volume 52, No. 3 – 2020
Estuarine Processes
Marco Cimino
Special HSC Edition, No. 1 – 2018
People, Patterns & Processes
Power of the Pyramids
Earth Matters
Volume 56, No. 2 – 2024
Venice: Skills Activities
Graphic News
Volume 55, No. 4 – 2023
The problem of an ageing population
Visual Capitalist
Volume 52, No. 1 – 2020
Population Boom or Bust
Grant Kleeman
Population: ‘World population may shrink by 2020’/ Skills Activities
Lorraine Chaffer
Population: ‘One million face displacement by 2050’/ Skills Activities
Lorraine Chaffer
Population: ‘Nearly 80- million displaced worldwide’ / Skills Activities
Lorraine Chaffer
Natural Resources: ‘Visualising the importance of environmental management in mining
Visual Capitalist
Case Study: Rare Earths
Lorraine Chaffer
Natural Resources: ‘China may weaponise rare earths’/ Skills Activities
Lorraine Chaffer
Natural Resources: ‘Environmental management in mining’/ Skills Activities
Lorraine Chaffer
Natural Resources: ‘ Visualising the importance of environmental management in mining’
Visual Capitalist
Volume 52, Special Edition – 2020
Global Challenges: Population and Development
Dr Paul Batten and Dr Bronwyn Batten
Special HSC Edition, No. 1 – 2018
Population and urbanisation: India
Dr Susan Bliss
Volume 51, No. 2 – 2019
Human - Environment Interactions
En-ROADS Simulation: Exploring Climate Change Solutions
Louise Swanson
Volume 57, No. 2 – 2025
Rising Up: Building hope in the face of a changing world
Kal Glanznig
Volume 57, No. 1 – 2025
The Anthropocene: A new epoch on Earth’s history
Visual Capitalist
Amazon: Skills Activities
Graphic News
Continental Transect – Canada from west to east
Dr Grant Kleeman
Volume 55, No. 4 – 2023
The world energy market and Australian energy
Martin Pluss
Volume 52, Special Edition – 2020
Global Challenges: Population and Development
Dr Paul Batten and Dr Bronwyn Batten
Special HSC Edition, No. 1 – 2018
Population and urbanisation: India
Dr Susan Bliss
Volume 51, No. 3 – 2019
Skills & Fieldwork and Examination Questions
From the classroom to the field: Exploring fieldwork possibilities in the new Year 11 syllabus
Kate Sampson
Geography Explained Online –Turning chaos into collaboration
Sam Coburn
Practice questions for preliminary geography
Sam Coburn
Volume 56, No. 4 – 2024
Earth Observation: Big data and its application in the classroom
Kevon Davies & Chris Jenkins
How are drones changing environmental monitoring?
Ann Crosby GEONADR
Geographical numeracy: Interpreting field data and graphing skills
Kathy Jones
Volume 55, No. 1 – 2023
A mapping activity for Year 11
Drew Collins
Simplifying the Science: A guide to collecting fieldwork data for the Year 11 SGP
Kathy Jones
Volume 54, No. 2 – 2022
Selected HSC map skills for Year 11
Lorraine Chaffer
Volume 53, Special Edition – 2021
Biophysical Interactions (Relevant to 4 spheres)
Lorraine Chaffer
Biophysical Interactions: Invasive species in Australia’s aquatic environments
Lorraine Chaffer
Volume 48, No. 3 – 2016
Canada: Beautiful, liveable, yet vulnerable
Lorraine Chaffer
Volume 48, No. 1 – 2016
Natural Resources: Sand mafia in India
Dr Susan Bliss
Natural Resources: India’s Blood Mica
Dr Susan Bliss
Natural Resources: Bangladesh leather
Dr Susan Bliss
Volume 49, No. 3 – 2017
Biophysical Interactions: Malaria
Marco Cimino
Volume 48, No. 2 – 2016
Biophysical Interactions: Flipped Classroom
Dr Susan Caldis
Volume 47, No. 3 – 2015
HSC New Syllabus
New HSC Syllabus – Special Conference Edition.
Lorraine Chaffer
- Introductory topic analysis
- Global sustainability Incl. guest presenters on sustainability Karen Davids MRA consulting), Alison Jose (Circular centre) Alex Webb (MSC)
- Rural and Urban Places Incl. Andrew Toovey (Campbelltown), Larissa Shashkof (Lend Lease)
- Ecosystems and Global Biodiversity Incl. guest speaker Professor Brett Summerell (Aust. Institute Botanical Science / Royal Botanic gardens).
Supporting articles
- Royal Botanic Gardens & A institute Botanical Science (About)
- Three core principles of Circular economy
Volume 52, No. 2 – 2023
Special 2024 Annual Conference Edition
Lorraine Chaffer
- Year 12 topic analysis.
Supporting articles / activities
- Sustainable tourism needs to be built with the help of locals
- Ultra- fast fashion is a disturbing trend undermining efforts to make the whole industry more sustainable
- The benefits and challenges of regional living: A case study of five regional cities
- These 7 Cities are tackling heatwaves with innovative solutions 2023
- Urban trees could cut extreme heat by up to 6 degrees.
Volume 56, No. 2 – 2024
New Syllabus Relevant: Global Sustainability (Previously People & Economic Activity)
Global Sustainability Evaluation and Critical Analysis
Khya Brooks
Volume 56, No. 4 – 2024
Case Study: Aquaculture – Appendix 1: PPT
Lorraine Chaffer
Volume 52, Special Edition – 2020
Economic Activities and COVID-19
Lorraine Chaffer
Tourism update 2020
Dr Grant Kleeman
Stage 6 Skills: Tourism
Lorraine Chaffer
Volume 52, No. 3 – 2020
Tourism: Future Directions Internet Research
Louise Swanson
Wine Industry Update
Dr. Grant Kleeman
Special HSC Edition, No. 1 – 2018
Going Bananas
Rae Dufty-Jones
Dairy Industry
Drew Collins Special
Coffee Production
Patricia Dybell
Special HSC Edition, No. 1 – 2017
Coffee Interconnections
Dr Susan Bliss
Coffee Biomes
Dr Susan Bliss
Chocolate (Cocoa)
Dr Susan Bliss
Volume 49, No. 4 – 2017