Elaboration (1) ACHASSK182
describing how water is an available resource when it is groundwater, soil moisture (green water), surface water in dams, rivers and lakes (blue water) and treated or recycled (grey water), and a potential resource when it exists as salt water, ice …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK182 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | 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
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK183
investigating the environmental, economic and social uses of water and the effects of water as it connects people and places (for example, the effects of water diversion in the Snowy Mountains)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK183 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHASSK185
examining why water is a difficult resource to manage and sustain (for example, difficulties in accounting for its economic value, its competing uses and variability of supply over time and space)
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSK185 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | 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 ACHASSI160
designing and proposing actions to respond to challenges (for example, actions related to environmental and economic sustainability such as ensuring a sustainable supply of water) after considering the possible outcomes
Elaboration | ACHASSI160 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHASSK172
describing the importance of the River Tiber to ancient Roman society and the methods Romans used to manage resources (for example, the water supply through aqueducts and plumbing systems)
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSK172 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI154
constructing tables, graphs and annotated diagrams with the help of digital technologies to represent collected data (for example, diagrams showing how water flows through the environment and connects places; graphs quantifying the influence of environmental …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI154 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK170
generating a range of questions to investigate a source (for example, a shell midden in ancient Australia – where it was found, how long it was used for, what it reveals about technology and the use of environmental resources)
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK170 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK185
discussing the advantages and disadvantages of strategies to overcome water scarcity (for example, recycling (‘grey water’), stormwater harvesting and re-use, desalination, inter-regional transfer of water and trade in virtual water, and reducing water …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK185 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK183
investigating the importance of environmental flows
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK183 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK185
investigating whether the use of water in their place is sustainable
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK185 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHASSK186
investigating the spiritual significance of water in an Asian culture
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSK186 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK190
researching the effects of air and water pollution on the liveability of cities
Elaboration | ACHASSK190 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK184
using the concept of the water balance to compare the quantity and variability of rainfall, run-off and evaporation on the availability of water in Australia and other continents
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK184 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK190
explaining the importance of water quality to the liveability of places now and into the future
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK190 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK190
investigating the concepts of environmental quality and pollutions by surveying the environmental quality of their local area and its effect on liveability
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK190 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHASSK192
examining whether liveability and environmental sustainability can be enhanced at the same time
Elaboration (3) | ACHASSK192 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI155
developing representations to show steps in a sequence (for example, the flow of water, the process for constitutional change)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI155 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK183
explaining how the movement of water through the environment connects places (for example, the melting of snow in spring feeding rivers and dams downstream)
Elaboration | ACHASSK183 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum