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Geography
Studies
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Overview
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We
experience
mountain environments
forests uplifting and eroding |
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Tectonics |
Witness
intercontinental plate
collisions with uplifting, earthquakes and relocations |
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Weather |
Orographic processes and
effects
Rain shadow
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Erosion
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See the causes and effects of
Frost shattering, frost heave, screes and rock rivers |
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● Weathering |
Looking at the direct effects
of the wind and rain as erosion factors |
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Southern Alps |
Towering to 3700+ metres |
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Alpine Passes |
feel the weather differences, understand location factors
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Glacier valleys |
We
see the debris and shaping caused by ancient glaciers |
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Geology |
Sedimentary; Greywacke &
Limestone |
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● Kast lands |
Limestone caves, sinkholes, formation processes |
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Hanging Valleys |
Remarkable remnants of glacial confluences |
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Lakes |
Experience those formed by the action of tectonic faulting |
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Waterfalls
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Towering,
powerful, eroding,
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Rain forests |
From dinosaur times we see Mountain Beach rainforests thriving
when left alone |
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Rivers |
We witness upper course, erosion & bed load transportation and
management |
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● Geothermal
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See and study the factors that
cause hot springs and their usages |
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Nature
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Search out the unique Kea |
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● Vegetation
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Mountain Beech forests & Alpine
Vegetation |
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Social Studies
available |
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Overview
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Solitary, demanding, violent
environment |
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● Farming
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High country sheep & cattle |
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● Settlements |
Industries, special considerations for mountains
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● National Park |
Arthurs Pass NP high among the Southern Alps |
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● Transport
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Mountain
railways
road building, incentives,
engineering, hazards |
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Arthurs Pass
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Learn the
experiences and difficulties during the 1860's gold rush |
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Lewis Pass
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Latest highway opening access to farms and coal mining |
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Giant Viaduct |
New Zealand's biggest
engineering project |
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Information Centres |
Alpine attractions and activities |
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● Maori Culture
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Travel in the mountains, legends, equipment, attractions
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● Tourism
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Mountain services,
attractions, hazards |
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● Map Reading
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Mountain areas, identifying features,
direction finding, back bearings |
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● Conservation 1
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Alpine management and laws |
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● Conservation
2 |
Protecting
Alpine plants - pests, predators, weeds |
See also
How to obtain Best Value
for Curriculum Learning
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Comments from
unsolicited "thank you letters" and tour critiques
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