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Elaboration (1) ACHGK050

researching the effects of rock type, weathering, erosion by water and wind, and transportation and deposition on the chosen landform

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

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

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

Elaboration ACHGK037

classifying resources into renewable, non-renewable and continuous resources, and investigating examples of each type

Elaboration (1) ACHGK037

describing how water is an available resource when it is groundwater, soil moisture (green water), and surface water in dams, rivers and lakes (blue water), and a potential resource when it exists as salt water, ice or water vapour

Elaboration (1) ACHGK038

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 (1) ACHGK039

interpreting the spatial distribution of rainfall in Australia and comparing it with the distribution of that of other continents

Elaboration (1) ACHGK040

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 (1) ACHGK041

exploring the multilayered meanings (material, cultural and spiritual wellbeing) associated with rivers, waterways, waterholes, seas, lakes, soaks and springs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Elaboration (1) ACHGK042

explaining the economic, environmental and social impacts of a selected atmospheric or hydrological hazard on people and places, and describing community responses to the hazard

Elaboration (1) ACHGK043

discussing the concept of liveability and the ways it is measured and comparing objective measures such as transportation infrastructure with subjective measures such as people's perceptions

Elaboration (1) ACHGK044

examining the role transport plays in people’s ability to access services and participate in activities in the local area

Elaboration (1) ACHGK045

explaining the importance of water quality to the liveability of places, now and into the future

Elaboration (1) ACHGK046

investigating the extent to which people in their place are socially connected or socially isolated and its effect on liveability

Elaboration (1) ACHGK047

developing a specific proposal to improve an aspect of the liveability of their place, taking into account the needs of diverse groups in the community, including young people (for example, through fieldwork in the local recreation area) or traditional …

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