Elaboration (1) ACSHE192
considering how computer modelling has improved knowledge and predictability of phenomena such as climate change and atmospheric pollution
Elaboration (1) | ACSHE192 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSHE135
investigating how energy efficiency can reduce energy consumption
Elaboration (2) | ACSHE135 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI025
imagining what the future may hold based on what they know of the past and present (for example, envisioning what the town they live in might look like in the near future by comparing photographs of the past with their observation of the present) or envisaging …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI025 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI026
discussing how their behaviours reflect what they have learnt about caring for important places and significant sites (for example, taking care around school wildlife, turning off taps and lights, following etiquettes in special sites)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI026 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK119
explaining the concept of scarcity (that is, needs and unlimited wants compared to limited resources) and why individuals cannot have all the items they want and therefore must make a choice
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK119 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSHE230
investigating the use and control of CFCs based on scientific studies of atmospheric ozone
Elaboration (2) | ACSHE230 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK199
examining how businesses respond to the demands of consumers (for example, preference for healthy, environment-friendly, organic or ethical products and services)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK199 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSHE135
investigating strategies implemented to maintain part of the local environment, such as bushland, a beach, a lake, a desert or a shoreline
Elaboration (1) | ACSHE135 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | 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 (2) ACHASSI042
using their knowledge about a familiar place or site to imagine how it might change in the future and how they can influence a positive future for it
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI042 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK149
explaining why choices have to be made when faced with unlimited wants and limited resources (for example, by compiling a list of personal needs and wants, determining priorities (including sustainability of natural environments) and identifying the needs …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK149 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACDSEH126
explaining the significance of ideas about the environment (for example, Gaia – the interaction of Earth and its biosphere; limits of growth – that unlimited growth is unsustainable; sustainability – that biological systems need to remain diverse and …
Elaboration (1) | ACDSEH126 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSK150
considering if their actions have an effect on the environment (for example, does choosing to use recyclable shopping bags have an effect on the natural environment?)
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK150 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSHE121
investigating how advances in science and technology have been applied to the treatment of water in industrial and household systems
Elaboration (1) | ACSHE121 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSI081
forecasting a probable future and a preferred future relating to an environmental, local government or cultural issue (for example, developing a futures scenario of what oceans will be like if humans continue to allow waste plastic to enter waterways, …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSI081 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSI038
examining the points of view of older generations about changes over time (for example, changes to the natural or built environment, changes to daily living)
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSI038 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK072
exploring how they could participate in a school or community project (for example, raising money for a relevant aid project such as sponsorship of a sports team; working to protect a bird habitat)
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK072 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK112
exploring the extent of change in the local environment over time (for example, through vegetation clearance, fencing, urban development, drainage, irrigation, farming, forest plantations or mining), and evaluating the positive and negative effects of …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK112 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK074
comparing strategies in Australia and another country to manage the environmental change being investigated
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK074 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACDSEH127
explaining the struggle over French nuclear weapon testing in the Pacific 1966–1996 (for example, the sinking of the ship, the Rainbow Warrior, in 1985)
Elaboration (1) | ACDSEH127 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum