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

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

ACHGS050

Represent spatial distribution of different types of geographical phenomena by constructing appropriate maps at different scales that conform to cartographic conventions, using spatial technologies as appropriate

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHGS050 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHGS048

collecting geographical information from secondary sources (for example, thematic maps, weather maps, climate graphs, compound column graphs and population pyramids, reports, census data and the media)

Elaboration (1) | ACHGS048 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACHGS049

constructing tables, graphs, maps and diagrams to represent the data collected about water scarcity and liveability of places

Elaboration | ACHGS049 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHGS051

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 of the Pacific region)

Elaboration (1) | ACHGS051 | 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

Elaboration (3) ACHGS051

using digital maps and overlays of an area to observe, describe and contrast the spatial associations of geographical phenomena (for example, the relationship between economic activities and river systems and the availability of surface water)

Elaboration (3) | ACHGS051 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum