ACHASSK119
The difference between needs and wants and why choices need to be made about how limited resources are used
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK119 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHASSK120
Types of resources (natural, human, capital) and the ways societies use them to satisfy the needs and wants of present and future generations
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK120 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHEK027
The ways markets in Australia operate to enable the distribution of resources, and why they may be influenced by government
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHEK027 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Economics and Business | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHASSK120
listing the needs and wants of a local community and exploring the ways resources are currently used to meet these needs and wants and how resources might be used more sustainably to meet these needs and wants into the future
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSK120 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHASSK149
How the concept of opportunity cost involves choices about the alternative use of resources and the need to consider trade-offs
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK149 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK119
explaining the concept of scarcity (that is, needs and unlimited wants compared to limited resources) and why individuals cannot have all the items they want and therefore must make a choice
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK119 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHASSK090
The use and management of natural resources and waste, and the different views on how to do this sustainably
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK090 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK185
investigating the causes of water scarcity, for example, an absolute shortage of water (physical), inadequate development of water resources (economic or political), or the ways water is used
Elaboration | ACHASSK185 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH068
The way Polynesian societies used environmental resources (sustainably and unsustainably), including the extinction of the moa in New Zealand, the use of religious/supernatural threats to conserve resources, and the exploitation of Easter Island’s palm …
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACDSEH068 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK149
explaining why choices have to be made when faced with unlimited wants and limited resources (for example, by compiling a list of personal needs and wants, determining priorities (including sustainability of natural environments) and identifying the needs …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK149 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACHASSI127
critiquing points of view about a sustainability issue (for example, considering producers’ and consumers’ views on the sustainable use of resources)
Elaboration (4) | ACHASSI127 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK120
brainstorming resources that a local community might use
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK120 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHGK077
examining how access to natural resources (for example, minerals and water) can affect wellbeing and be a source of conflict
Elaboration (3) | ACHGK077 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACDSEH068
explaining the significance of Rahui as a way of prohibiting the collection of resources, to ensure their sustainability
Elaboration (1) | ACDSEH068 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACHASSK090
exploring the work of groups and organisations which manage natural resources and/or waste
Elaboration (4) | ACHASSK090 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACHASSK120
exploring how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' traditional and contemporary use of resources reflects their spiritual connections to the land, sea, sky and waterways
Elaboration (4) | ACHASSK120 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK182
classifying resources into renewable, non-renewable and finite/infinite resources, and investigating examples of each type and how they affect environmental sustainability
Elaboration | ACHASSK182 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHGK040
investigating the causes of water scarcity (for example, an absolute shortage of water (physical), inadequate development of water resources (economic), or the ways water is used)
Elaboration | ACHGK040 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK049
describing the connections of the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with the land, sea, waterways, sky and animals of their Country/Place, and how this influences their views on the use of environmental resources
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK049 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK053
describing how the effects caused by geomorphological hazards are influenced by social, cultural and economic factors (for example, where people choose to live, poverty, and lack of infrastructure and resources to prepare and respond)
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK053 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum