Year 9 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 9 curriculum for Geography: ‘Biomes and food security’ and ‘Geographies of interconnections’. ‘Biomes and food security’ focuses on investigating the role of the biotic environment and its role in food and fibre …
Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK061
identifying the differences between natural and agricultural ecosystems in flows of nutrients and water, and in biodiversity
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK061 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK062
evaluating the ways that agricultural innovations have changed some of the environmental limitations on and impacts of food production in Australia
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK062 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK063
evaluating whether some ways of increasing food production could threaten sustainability
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK063 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK064
identifying how poverty, food wastage, government policies or trade barriers could affect future food security
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK064 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK066
exploring how transport and information networks operate to connect people to services, including how supply-chain logistics influence these connections
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK066 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK067
examining tourism, students and retirees as sources of income for some places
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK067 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK068
evaluating the effects of international demand for food products on biodiversity throughout the world, in the places of their production
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK068 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGS063
using a range of methods including digital technologies to plan and conduct an information search about human alteration to biomes in Australia and another country
Elaboration (2) | ACHGS063 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGS064
collecting quantitative and qualitative data using ethical research methods, including the use of protocols for consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Elaboration (2) | ACHGS064 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGS067
analysing maps of world internet traffic and proposing explanations about the pattern and distribution of connections
Elaboration (2) | ACHGS067 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Geography Year 9
By the end of Year 9, students explain how geographical processes change the characteristics of places. They analyse interconnections between people, places and environments and explain how these interconnections influence people, and change places and …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum