Description
This Grade 9 Geography course examines relationships within and between Canada’s natural and human environments. Students use geographic inquiry and geospatial technologies to investigate physical processes, natural resources, population change, land use and sustainability.
What You’ll Learn
- Use geographic inquiry and the concepts of geographic thinking to investigate Canadian issues.
- Explore Canada’s physical environment and the processes that shape it.
- Analyze Canada’s natural resources, industries and sustainability challenges.
- Examine demographic patterns, population movement and settlement.
- Investigate land use, planning and the sustainability of communities.
- Use maps, GIS/geospatial technologies, spatial data, graphs and other evidence.
Skills You’ll Develop
- Geographic inquiry and evidence-based reasoning
- Mapping, GIS and spatial-data interpretation
- Analysis of climate, demographic and resource data
- Research, current-events analysis and multiple-perspective thinking
- Sustainability, land-use and community planning analysis
Learning Outcomes
- Use geographic inquiry and geographic thinking to investigate issues relating to Canadian geography.
- Apply geospatial technology skills and other transferable skills in everyday and career contexts.
- Describe Canada’s natural environment and analyze physical processes that shape it.
- Analyze interactions between the natural environment and human activity.
- Analyze natural resources, industries and issues related to sustainable development.
- Analyze demographic patterns, population movement, settlement and population issues.
- Analyze land use and strategies for improving the sustainability of Canadian communities.
