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Geoscience

Cross-curricular topics: Democracy and citizenship

Cross-curricular topics: Democracy and citizenship In geoscience, the cross-curricular topic of democracy and citizenship is about making geoscientific assessments of resource management, climate change and current natural hazards locally and globally. It is further about being able to take part with subject-based arguments in discussions of geoscientific issues.

Sustainable development In geoscience, the cross-curricular topic of sustainable development is about understanding that the Earth systems are the foundation for the natural resources on which humans are wholly dependent. It is also about how human-made and natural changes in the Earth systems can lead to climate change, natural hazards and changes in geological diversity, and how society can prevent and adapt to these. It is further about finding solutions for a more sustainable use of resources now and in the future. VG2: explore bedrock, superficial deposits and soil types locally, and interpret the observations to describe the area’s geological history and significance for local resources

  • compare different landforms and explain how they are formed and altered under the influence of the Earth systems and human activity
  • explain the hydrological cycle with emphasis on fresh water and explore and present how it is affected by human activity
  • assess how various local and global fresh-water resources can be used in a sustainable way explain the formation, mapping and extraction of geological resources nationally and globally and discuss the consequences of extracting and using these from a sustainability perspective
  • explain various natural hazards linked to the geosphere and the hydrosphere, and assess how people can prevent and adapt to these hazards
  • explore a natural hazard linked to the geosphere or the hydrosphere in a particular geographical area and assess risk by means of modelling
  • carry out geoscientific fieldwork linked to the geosphere or the hydrosphere, process and interpret the data collected and present the results VG3: - explain how various weather systems arise and develop on a global, regional and local scale, and interpret different weather maps and weather development
  • explain research on prehistoric climate, and how it contributes to making projections for the climate of the future discuss the consequences of climate change for individuals, society and ecosystems, and assess sustainable solutions for how individuals and society can reduce and adapt to climate change in the present and the future
  • discuss how energy resources from the sea and the atmosphere can be used in a sustainable way, both nationally and globally
  • carry out geoscientific fieldwork linked to the sea, the atmosphere or the cryosphere, process and interpret the data collected and present the results
  • assess the risk of natural hazards arising from phenomena in the atmosphere, the sea and the cryosphere and discuss how climate change may affect these

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