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

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

Elaboration (3) ACHGK040

investigating whether the use of water in their place is sustainable

Elaboration (3) | ACHGK040 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHGK041

investigating the spiritual significance of water in an Asian culture

Elaboration (3) | ACHGK041 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHGK043

discussing that many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples choose to live on their Country/Place or might prefer to if they had the choice

Elaboration (3) | ACHGK043 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHGK047

examining whether liveability and environmental sustainability can be enhanced at the same time

Elaboration (3) | ACHGK047 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHGS048

considering the reliability of primary and secondary data by finding out how and when it was collected, by whom and for what purpose

Elaboration (3) | ACHGS048 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHGS051

using digital maps and overlays of an area to observe, describe and contrast the spatial associations of geographical phenomena (for example, the relationship between economic activities and river systems and the availability of surface water)

Elaboration (3) | ACHGS051 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHGK048

exploring the names, meanings and significance of landform features from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander perspective

Elaboration (3) | ACHGK048 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHGK049

investigating Aboriginal Dreaming stories and Legends of the Torres Strait concerning the formation, meaning and interconnection of landforms

Elaboration (3) | ACHGK049 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | 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 (3) ACHGK052

investigating the negative and positive impacts of bushfires on Australian landscapes and ways of responding to the risk and events of bushfires

Elaboration (3) | ACHGK052 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHGK053

researching how the application of principles of prevention, mitigation and preparedness minimises the harmful effects of geomorphological hazards or bushfires

Elaboration (3) | ACHGK053 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHGK056

explaining that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ population mobility reflects attachment to a number of places through family, Country/Place, dispossession, relocation and employment

Elaboration (3) | ACHGK056 | 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 (3) ACHGS055

using a range of methods including digital technologies to plan and conduct an information search about reasons for and effects of internal migration in Australia

Elaboration (3) | ACHGS055 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHGS058

creating a map showing geomorphological features, incorporating traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander names for these where known

Elaboration (3) | ACHGS058 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHGS059

analysing trends in internal migration in Australia and China

Elaboration (3) | ACHGS059 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHGK063

investigating the impacts of alterations of biomes on the productivity and availability of staple resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (for example, murnong or yam daisy in Victoria)

Elaboration (3) | ACHGK063 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum