gtav PRIME PARTNER Exploration Geography Teacher Professional Development Tour 8 - 15 DECEMBER 2018

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Join GTAV, University of Canterbury NZ and Monash University TOUR HIGHLIGHTS for this fabulous opportunity to develop your Geography • Franz Josef Glacier guided knowledge and fieldwork skills. hike - including Scientific Hazard Identification and Prevention Program • A unique curriculum-linked tour – This tour encompasses the Geography • Kaikoura – swim with the dolphins and includes workshops, fieldwork and curriculum – VCE Unit 1 Hazards experience sustainable tourism access to key professionals and Disasters, VCE Unit 2 Tourism, • Specifically designed for Geography VCE Unit 3 Land cover change, • – investigate hazards and teachers Level 10 Environmental Change and disaster, exploring earthquakes and Management, Geographical concepts liquefaction • Valuable information and techniques and Skills and Fieldwork. which will significantly impact your • Relax in hot springs and investigate Geography lessons and fieldwork The study tour provides GTAV their use for tourism preparation certification of 56 hours of curriculum and • River – Join Dr James Driscoll’s • Great potential to consider New Zealand pedagogy linked professional learning fieldwork team, gathering observations as a fieldwork destination for your school. referenced to the Australian Professional using state-of-the art equipment …. Standards for Teachers. and much, much more. Further details overleaf.

Curriculum linked custom designed group tours New Zealand TOUR ITINERARY Day 1 Depart Australia – arrive Queenstown. Explore the tourist South Island mecca of Queenstown and its surrounds. Day 2 Travel over Haast Pass to Franz Josef – a town prone Exploration to multiple hazards. Learn about the challenges and participate in the Hazard Identification and Prevention Geography Teacher PD Tour Program.

This unique, curriculum-linked tour, specifically Day 3 Explore the glaciers – Franz Josef and Fox. Includes investigation of structure and monitoring of glaciers; drone designed for Geography teachers, couldn’t be set in a flight demonstration monitoring ice thickness; guided hike more stunning and diverse location. to the glacier terminus. With guided tours, Geography aligned workshops and Day 4 Franz Josef to Hanmer Springs. Investigate the tertiary level fieldwork, you can be assured of taking away impacts of rock avalanches, landslides, river aggradation; valuable information and techniques which will significantly visit Pancake Rocks; participate in the Seismic program at impact your Geography lessons and fieldwork preparation. the Alpine Fault, a globally significant geological structure. Visit the hot springs. One of the tour highlights is the opportunity to join Dr. James Driscoll, world renowned scientist at Monash Day 5 Hanmer Springs – Kaikoura. Explore the ongoing University, as a member of his field research team at Rakaia impacts of the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake with the Univ River. Together, you will collect primary data and operate a of Canterbury team. Swim with the dolphins and examine sustainable tourism. range of geospatial equipment, all while learning techniques applicable to your students. There may even be the Day 6 Kaikoura – Christchurch- Methven. Participate in a opportunity to Skype your students! special Univ of Canterbury program exploring the multiple hazards affecting Christchurch; take part in training Amongst the serious fieldwork and workshops is the simulation and lab demonstration programs plus a guided opportunity to swim with the dolphins – something you Christchurch rebuild tour. won’t easily forget – and to relax in natural hot springs. You Day 7 Christchurch – Rakaia River. A chance to develop will also explore some extraordinary sites, including Franz your fieldwork skills and contribute to current research in Joseph and Fox glaciers, several superb glacial lakes, a full day of fieldwork collecting primary data under the landslide sites and the Alpine Fault, which is the “on-land” direction of Dr James Driscoll (Monash University). boundary of the Pacific and Australian Plates. Day 8 Rakaia River- Christchurch. Continue fieldwork New Zealand provides a cost effective and safe investigating the processes associated with rivers international destination sure to engage, excite and and streams and deposits and land forms created by leave your students wanting more. them using state-of-the-art equipment. Fly home from Christchurch.

our CoSt Members Price $3,950 + Flights per person (For members of the GTAV and other Australian GTAs) $4,050 + flights for non-members Program includes twin-share accommodation, all transfers, meals, geography guide and 10+ experiential activities Please note that this price is based on 20 teachers taking the tour. Should there be fewer than 20 people, the price may increase. The price may also be impacted by the AUD/NZD exchange rate.

$200 DEPOSIT DUE NOW TO BOOK YOUR PLACE (STRICTLY LIMITED PLACES) Contact us for the full itinerary document and the registration form! Itinerary subject to change and all activities subject to availability

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