Rationale Geography

In a world of increasing global integration and international mobility, it is critical to the wellbeing and sustainability of the environment and society that young Australians develop a holistic understanding of the world. This requires deep knowledge …

Rationale | 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

Year 9 Geography

There are two units of study in the Year 9 curriculum for Geography: ‘Biomes and food security’ and ‘Geographies of interconnections’. ‘Biomes and food security’ focuses on investigating the role of the biotic environment and its role in food and fibre …

Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHGK071

Environmental world views of people and their implications for environmental management

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHGK071 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Year 7 Geography

There are two units of study in the Year 7 curriculum for Geography: ‘Water in the world’ and ‘Place and liveability’. ‘Water in the world’ focuses on water as an example of a renewable environmental resource. This unit examines the many uses of water, …

Year 7 | 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

Year 8 Geography

There are two units of study in the Year 8 curriculum for Geography: ‘Landforms and landscapes’ and ‘Changing nations’. ‘Landforms and landscapes’ focuses on investigating geomorphology through a study of landscapes and their landforms. This unit examines …

Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACHGS067

constructing a graph to show the relationship between growth in world population and world food production

Elaboration | ACHGS067 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHGK062

Environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields in Australia and across the world

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHGK062 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHGK064

The capacity of the world’s environments to sustainably feed the projected future global population

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHGK064 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | 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 ACHGK060

identifying and describing the major aquatic and terrestrial biomes of Australia and the world, and their spatial distribution

Elaboration | ACHGK060 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHGK068

The effects of the production and consumption of goods on places and environments throughout the world and including a country from North-East Asia

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHGK068 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | 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) 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 (2) ACHGK068

evaluating the effects of international demand for food products on biodiversity throughout the world, in the places of their production

Elaboration (2) | ACHGK068 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACHGS066

creating a map to show the relationship between biomes and world food production, using a spatial technologies application

Elaboration | ACHGS066 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHGS067

analysing maps of world internet traffic and proposing explanations about the pattern and distribution of connections

Elaboration (2) | ACHGS067 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHGK071

comparing the differences in people’s views about the causes of environmental issues in Australia and across the world

Elaboration (1) | ACHGK071 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACHGK074

discussing the influence of people’s world views on programs for the management of the environmental change being investigated

Elaboration | ACHGK074 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum