Year 7 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 7 curriculum for Geography: ‘Water in the world’ and ‘Place and liveability’. ‘Water in the world’ focuses on water as an example of a renewable environmental resource. This unit examines the many uses of water, …
Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK038
investigating the importance of environmental flows
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK038 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK039
using the concept of the water balance to compare the effects of rainfall, run-off and evaporation on the availability of water in Australia and other continents
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK039 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK040
examining why water is a difficult resource to manage and sustain (for example, because of its shared and competing uses and variability of supply over time and space)
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK040 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK041
examining bays, rivers, waterfalls or lakes in Australia and in countries of the Asia region that have been listed as either World Heritage sites or national parks for their aesthetic and cultural value
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK041 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK043
comparing student access to and use of places and spaces in their local area and evaluating how this affects perceptions of liveability
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK043 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK044
comparing transportation and accessibility in Australian cities with cities in countries of the Asia region or Europe
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK044 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK045
investigating the concept of environmental quality and surveying the environmental quality of their local area and its effect on liveability
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK045 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK047
discussing the impact of housing density on the liveability of places
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK047 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGS047
using a range of methods, including digital technologies, to plan and conduct an information search about the quantity and variability of water in Australia and another country from another continent
Elaboration (2) | ACHGS047 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGS048
applying ethical research methods, including the use of protocols for consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Elaboration (2) | ACHGS048 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGS051
interpreting various types of maps (for example, weather, isopleth, topographic, political, thematic, diagrammatic)
Elaboration (2) | ACHGS051 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Geography Year 7
By the end of Year 7, students describe geographical processes that influence the characteristics of places and how the characteristics of places are perceived and valued differently. They explain interconnections between people and places and environments …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum