Year 8 Geography

There are two units of study in the Year 8 curriculum for Geography: ‘Landforms and landscapes’ and ‘Changing nations’. ‘Landforms and landscapes’ focuses on investigating geomorphology through a study of landscapes and their landforms. This unit examines …

Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Geography Year 8

By the end of Year 8, students explain geographical processes that influence the characteristics of places and explain how places are perceived and valued differently. They explain interconnections within environments and between people and places and …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHGS058

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

ACHGS058 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHGS056

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

Elaboration (1) | ACHGS056 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHGS059

interpreting topographic maps and digital terrain models, cross-sections or block diagrams to investigate landforms and their features

Elaboration (2) | ACHGS059 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum