2024 AGTA Awards
Congratulations to our winners and those recognised as highly commended
The 2024 AGTA Awards were presented during the 2024 AGTA conference in Darwin on Thursday 3 October 2024. These biennial awards recognise achievement in the development of resources across a range of categories.
We are pleased to list our award winners, and those recognised as highly commended.
Primary school resource (F-6)
Winner
GeoFoundations
Geography Teachers Association of Victoria
GeoFoundations from the Geography Teachers Association of Victoria is an outstanding resource for primary students. It is clearly aligned to the F-6 curriculum with a wide range of stimulating activities with an easy-to-follow structure and comprehensive support material for teachers.
Highly Commended
Year 5/6 Sustainable Schools: Going Green in Your Canteen
ForestLearning (in partnership with GTAV & DATTAVic)
Year 5/6 Sustainable Schools: Going Green in Your Canteen, ForestLearning (in partnership with GTAV & DATTAVic) is a highly commended resource with both teacher and student booklets. Activities are colourfully and clearly presented and enable practical application of aspects of sustainability.
Middle school resource (7-10)
Winner
Year 7: Developing Liveable Communities
Geography Teachers Association of Victoria
Year 7: Developing Liveable Communities, Geography Teachers Association of Victoria, is an excellent resource providing case study material and linked student workbook. Questions are stimulating and engaging with vibrant graphics.
Highly Commended
Contour Education Years 7-10 resources
Mick Law
Contour Education Years 7-10 Geospatial Activity Packs are a highly commended resource. They provide the opportunity for students to develop their geospatial analytical skills using a wide range of digital resources.
Senior school resource (Years 11-12)
Winner
Global Interactions 11 (4th edition)
Pearson, Dr Grant Kleeman
Global Interactions 11 (4th edition), available in both hard copy and e-book, from Pearson is an outstanding resource to support the Year 11 NSW course> It has excellent graphics and detailed, yet accessible, information. Glossaries provided at the start of each chapter, and embedded activities, enhance student understanding.
Highly commended
WA ATAR Geography: Units 3 & 4 (3rd Edition)
Geographical Association of Western Australia
WA ATAR Geography: Units 3 & 4 (3rd Edition) from the Geographical Association of Western Australia is a highly commendable senior resource due to its user-friendly layout with plentiful examples and graphics, and the inclusion of extensive skills activities.
Geospatial technology/STEM
Winner
Contour Education Years 7-10 resources
Mick Law
Contour Education Years 7-10 resources provide excellent Geospatial Activity Packs for each of the units across these year levels. They enable students to develop strong geospatial analysis skills in a sequential and stimulating manner.
Reference Resource
Winner
GeoSource
Geography Teachers Association of Victoria
Geography Teachers Association of Victoria’s GeoSource materials provide an outstanding exploration of the Melbourne CBD for the Year 9 Interconnections unit. Stimulating fieldwork activities are also linked to materials for Maths and History with clearly designed pre-and post-fieldwork exercises.
Geographic education resources
Highly commended
Tasmanian Forest Education Plan
Forest Education Foundation
Tasmanian Forest Education Plan from Forest Education Foundation is highly commended for their wide range of materials with impressive graphics and alignment to key learning areas.
Not-for-profit generated resource
Winner
Water in the World
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Water in the World from the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia provides an excellent topic resource. The curriculum materials are comprehensive with outstanding graphics and a wide variety of linked online materials.
Fieldwork Programs
Winner
Year 9 Fieldwork Program: Forest Biomes
Forest Education Foundation
Year 9 Fieldwork Program: Forest Biomes, from Forest Education Foundation is an excellent fieldwork resource. It has an extensive range of activities across a range of complexity. Outstanding diagrams and its user-friendly approach enable its ready application to a variety of sites.
Highly commended
Shelterbelts, Stage 5
Fieldwork Connections
Shelterbelts, Stage 5 from Fieldwork Connections is a highly commended resource for Year 9 students. Clear instructions and activities are provided enabling this program to be applicable to a range of sites.