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
ACHGK059
Management and planning of Australia’s urban future
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHGK059 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 10 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 10 curriculum for Geography: ‘Environmental change and management’ and ‘Geographies of human wellbeing’. ‘Environmental change and management’ focuses on investigating environmental geography through an in-depth …
Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK055
Differences in urban concentration and urban settlement patterns between Australia and the United States of America, and their causes and consequences
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHGK055 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Aims Geography
The Australian Curriculum: Geography aims to ensure that students develop: a sense of wonder, curiosity and respect about places, people, cultures and environments throughout the world a deep geographical knowledge of their own locality, Australia, the …
Aims | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Structure Geography
The Australian Curriculum: Geography is organised in two related strands: geographical knowledge and understanding, and geographical inquiry and skills. Geographical knowledge and understanding strand Geographical knowledge refers to the facts, generalisations, …
Structure | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Structure HASS
The Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences may be implemented as a combined F–6 program or as an F–7 program. The F–6/7 curriculum is organised into two interrelated strands: knowledge and understanding and inquiry and skills. Knowledge …
Structure | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGK051
examining the effects of mining and quarrying, and urban development, on landscape quality
Elaboration (1) | ACHGK051 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGK055
investigating the relationship between population density and proximity to urban centres
Elaboration (1) | ACHGK055 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHGK059
exploring the arguments for and against a more balanced distribution of the urban population
Elaboration (2) | ACHGK059 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHGK059
generating ideas on how to decentralise Australia's urban population using Canberra as an example
Elaboration (3) | ACHGK059 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHASSK068
examining how weather contributes to a climate type
Elaboration | ACHASSK068 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACHGK051
investigating the effects of the built elements of environments (for example, urban development, marinas and sea walls) on coastal landscape quality
Elaboration (3) | ACHGK051 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACHGK056
examining the role of labour migration in the urban development of China (for example, the growth of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province)
Elaboration (5) | ACHGK056 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGK058
investigating where and why international migrants settle in Australia and how this may reinforce urban concentration
Elaboration (1) | ACHGK058 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHGK059
examining the forecasts for the size of Australia’s major cities and regional urban centres, and discussing the implications for their environmental sustainability and liveability
Elaboration | ACHGK059 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGK059
investigating ways of managing the projected growth of Australia’s cities and regional urban centres
Elaboration (1) | ACHGK059 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHGS055
developing questions on an area of focus in the geographical knowledge and understanding strand (for example, about types of landforms or reasons for urban settlements)
Elaboration | ACHGS055 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHASSK069
The similarities and differences between places in terms of their type of settlement, demographic characteristics and the lives of the people who live there, and people’s perceptions of these places
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHASSK069 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK107
mapping local, regional and state/territory rural and urban settlement patterns in the 1800s, and noting factors such as geographical features, climate, water resources, the discovery of gold, transport and access to port facilities that shaped these …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK107 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum