Australian Curriculum

On this page will contain content taken directly from the Australian Curriculum website. Students this term will be looking at three content descriptors provided on this page along with elaborations, cross-curriculum proities and any other useful information. If you wish to visit the Australian Curriculum directly page open the following hyperlink and continue to the F-10 curriculum tab http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/.

At the bottom of the page is also an introductory video provided by jacaranda, an Australian secondary schooling material provider. The video introduces three essential aspects of what students will be engaging with through out the year.

Humanities and Social Sciences

Geography Year 7

Geographical Inquiry and Skills

Collecting, Recording, Evaluating and Representing

Content Descriptor: Evaluate sources for their reliability and usefulness and represent data in a range of appropriate forms, for example, climate graphs, compound column graphs, population pyramids, tables, field sketches and annotated diagrams, with and without the use of digital and spatial technologies

Content code: ACHGS049

Elaborations: Constructing tables, graphs, maps and diagrams to represent the data collected about water scarcity and liveability of places. General Capabilities:

Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology, Critical and Creative Thinking.

Humanities and Social Sciences

Geography Year 7

Geographical Inquiry and Skills

Interpreting, Analysing and Concluding

Content Descriptor: Analyse geographical data and other information using qualitative and quantitative methods, and digital and spatial technologies as appropriate, to identify and propose explanations for spatial distributions, patterns and trends and infer relationships.

Content Code: ACHGS051

Elaborations: Using graphs, weather maps and satellite images to examine the temporal and spatial patterns of a selected hydrological hazard in Australia and another region of the world, for example, countries of the Asia region, or from the Pacific region

General Capabilities:

Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology, Critical and Creative Thinking, Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia.

Humanities and Social Sciences

Geography Year 7

Geographical Inquiry and Skills

Communicating

Content Descriptor: Present findings, arguments and ideas in a range of communication forms selected to suit a particular audience and purpose; using geographical terminology and digital technologies as appropriate.

Content code: ACHGS053

Elaboration: Presenting a report, supported by graphic representations, to communicate a reasoned argument, for example, to propose actions to ensure future water security.

General Capabilities:

Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology, Critical and Creative Thinking, Sustainability.

Reference

Australian Curriculum. (2015). Geography F-10. Retrieved from

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-social-

sciences/geography/curriculum/f-10?y=7&s=GKU&s=GIS&layout=1.

Australian Curriculum [Image]. (2014).

Retrieved from http://www.oup.com.au/__data/assets/image/0017/383003/PRIM

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ICT and the VELS/Australian Curriculum [Image]. (2009). Retrieved

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