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Elaboration (2) ACHGK081

identifying ways to improve the wellbeing of remote Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander communities, including ways proposed by the communities

developing questions of geographical significance about an area of focus in the geographical knowledge and understanding strand (for example, questions related to the causes of environmental change or the extent of variation in global wellbeing)

Elaboration (1) ACHGS072

planning an investigation of the processes responsible for the geographical phenomenon being studied, at a range of scales (for example, the reasons for and types of variation in human wellbeing in one country)

Elaboration (2) ACHGS072

planning methods of data collection to answer inquiry questions and evaluating questions for their geographical significance

Elaboration (3) ACHGS072

using a range of methods including digital technologies to plan and conduct an information search about the causes and consequences of change to environments

Elaboration ACHGS073

gathering relevant data from a range of primary sources (for example, from observation and annotated field sketches, conducting surveys, interviews and experiments, or taking photographs) about human-induced environmental changes

Elaboration (1) ACHGS073

collecting geographical information from secondary sources (for example, topographic maps, thematic maps, choropleth maps, weather maps, climate graphs, compound column graphs and population pyramids, scatter plots, tables, satellite images and aerial …

Elaboration (2) ACHGS073

collecting quantitative and qualitative data using ethical research methods, including the use of protocols for consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Elaboration (3) ACHGS073

using Gapminder or United Nations statistics to collect data on countries to answer an inquiry question

Elaboration ACHGS074

developing a table to show the responses to environmental change in a particular environment

Elaboration (1) ACHGS074

using scatter plots of data for countries or smaller areas to investigate the relationship between two variables (for example, per capita income and life expectancy for countries) and to identify anomalies

Elaboration (2) ACHGS074

using digital technologies such as Gapminder to support the illustration and analysis of geographical variables

Elaboration ACHGS075

constructing and interpreting choropleth maps to show patterns of human wellbeing at a local scale

Elaboration (1) ACHGS075

creating a map to show measures of environmental change, using a spatial technologies application

Elaboration ACHGS076

analysing environmental change (for example, the clearance of vegetation or a plan for a vegetation corridor) using topographic maps and satellite images

Elaboration (1) ACHGS076

constructing computer-generated tables, graphs, maps and diagrams to analyse data on human wellbeing

Elaboration (2) ACHGS076

critically analysing text and images for their meaning and significance

Elaboration ACHGS077

synthesising information from several sources through using as organisers at least two of the concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change

Elaboration ACHGS078

outlining how geographical information systems (GIS) are used in environmental management or in analysing spatial patterns of human wellbeing

Elaboration (1) ACHGS078

investigating the use of geographic information systems (GIS) by Indigenous peoples in Australia and elsewhere for managing conservation

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