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

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 (1) | ACHGS073 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHGK074

The application of geographical concepts and methods to the management of the environmental change being investigated

Elaborations ScOT Terms

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

ACHGK075

The application of environmental economic and social criteria in evaluating management responses to the change

Elaborations

ACHGK075 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACHGK073

describing the nature of the environmental change and its effect on the sustainability of environmental functions

Elaboration | ACHGK073 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHGK074

comparing strategies in Australia and another country to manage the environmental change being investigated

Elaboration (2) | ACHGK074 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACHGS074

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

Elaboration | ACHGS074 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHGS075

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

Elaboration (1) | ACHGS075 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

ACHGK073

The application of systems thinking to understanding the causes and likely consequences of the environmental change being investigated 

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACHGK073 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHGK073

examining the interconnections between biophysical processes and human actions that generate environmental change, together with the consequences of these changes

Elaboration (1) | ACHGK073 | 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

Elaboration (4) ACHGK074

discussing how land management agencies are increasingly working with traditional owners to manage environmental change and challenges

Elaboration (4) | ACHGK074 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHGK075

debating the practical and ethical dilemmas of national and international conservation programs aimed at the environmental change being investigated

Elaboration (2) | ACHGK075 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

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 (3) | ACHGS072 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

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 | ACHGS076 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHGK074

proposing geographical management strategies for the environmental change being investigated (for example, establishing reserves and corridors to preserve biodiversity (a spatial strategy), ecosystem-based management (an environmental strategy), urban …

Elaboration (1) | ACHGK074 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHGK071

discussing whether environmental change is necessarily a problem that should be managed and explaining people’s choices of methods for managing or responding to environmental changes

Elaboration (2) | ACHGK071 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHGK075

discussing the extent to which achieving sustainability in one place should take account of the effects on environmental conditions in other places in the context of the environmental change being investigated

Elaboration (1) | ACHGK075 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

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 | ACHGS077 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHGS080

explaining how the application of geographical concepts and methods has contributed to deep understanding of the causes of and solutions to issues related to environmental change, human wellbeing or development

Elaboration (1) | ACHGS080 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum