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) | ACHGK037 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
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) | ACHGK038 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGK039
interpreting the spatial distribution of rainfall in Australia and comparing it with the distribution of that of other continents
Elaboration (1) | ACHGK039 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
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) | ACHGK040 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
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) | ACHGK041 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
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) | ACHGK042 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
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) | ACHGK043 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
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) | ACHGK044 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGK045
explaining the importance of water quality to the liveability of places, now and into the future
Elaboration (1) | ACHGK045 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
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) | ACHGK046 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
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 …
Elaboration (1) | ACHGK047 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGS047
developing questions to investigate patterns of spatial distribution of rainfall in Australia and other places
Elaboration (1) | ACHGS047 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGS048
collecting geographical information from secondary sources (for example, thematic maps, weather maps, climate graphs, compound column graphs and population pyramids, reports, census data and the media)
Elaboration (1) | ACHGS048 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGS049
creating an annotated diagram to show: how water flows through the environment and connects places; or the influence of environmental quality on the liveability of places
Elaboration (1) | ACHGS049 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGS050
developing a map to show the spatial distribution of measures of the liveability of their own place, or a selected hydrological hazard in Australia and another region of the world
Elaboration (1) | ACHGS050 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGS051
using graphs, weather maps and satellite images to examine the temporal and spatial patterns of a selected hydrological hazard in Australia and another region of the world (for example, countries of the Asia region or of the Pacific region)
Elaboration (1) | ACHGS051 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGS054
proposing actions to respond to geographical issues related to environmental and economic sustainability (for example, ensuring a sustainable supply of water, after considering the possible outcomes for different groups)
Elaboration (1) | ACHGS054 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGK048
identifying some iconic landscapes in Australia and the world, and describing what makes them iconic
Elaboration (1) | ACHGK048 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGK049
analysing the role of geomorphic landforms and landscapes in tourism (for example, the Grand Canyon in the USA or Uluru in Australia)
Elaboration (1) | ACHGK049 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHGK050
researching the effects of rock type, weathering, erosion by water and wind, and transportation and deposition on the chosen landform
Elaboration (1) | ACHGK050 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum