Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards Geography
Natural and ecological hazards represent potential sources of harm to human life, health, income and property, and may affect elements of the biophysical, managed and constructed elements of environments. This unit focuses on identifying risks and managing …
Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3: Land cover transformations Geography
This unit focuses on the changing biophysical cover of the earth’s surface, its impact on global climate and biodiversity, and the creation of anthropogenic biomes. In doing so, it examines the processes causing change in the earth’s land cover. These …
Unit 3: Land cover transformations | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Geography
While the significance of the cross-curriculum priorities for Geography varies, there are opportunities for teachers to select contexts that incorporate the key concepts from each priority. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Students …
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Geography Geography
Units In Senior Secondary Geography, students develop their understanding about themes of immediate relevance to them and which have scope for application at a variety of scales, from the local to the global. There are four units: Unit 1: Natural and …
Structure of Geography | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims Geography
Rationale The study of Geography draws on students’ curiosity about the diversity of the world’s places and their peoples, cultures and environments. It enables students to appreciate the complexity of our world and the diversity of its environments, …
Rationale/Aims | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of General capabilities Geography
The general capabilities encompass the knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that, together with the Geography curriculum content and the cross-curriculum priorities, will help students to live and work successfully in the twenty-first century. The …
Representation of General capabilities | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE013
The concept of risk as applied to natural and ecological hazards
ACHGE013 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE015
The role of spatial technologies in the study of natural and ecological hazards
ACHGE015 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE012
An overview of the nature of natural hazards (atmospheric, hydrological, and geomorphic) and ecological hazards
ACHGE012 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE014
The temporal and spatial distribution, randomness, magnitude, frequency and scale of spatial impact of natural and ecological hazards at a global scale
ACHGE014 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE076
The interrelationships between land cover change and climate change, for example, the impacts of land cover loss on surface reflectivity (albedo) and the process of natural carbon sequestration.
ACHGE076 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: Land cover transformations | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH161
The nature of power and authority at the beginning of the New Kingdom, including the social and political structure (role and status of pharaoh/royalty, nobility, scribes, artisans, agricultural workers; the nature and impact of Hyksos rule); religion …
ACHAH161 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: People, Power and Authority | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum