Excursion report (Mackay Harbour)
Summary of task
Students, as a class, developed a common set of inquiry questions about the nature and location of places in preparation for an excursion to Mackay Harbour, Queensland. The questions and information, including photographs of the site, were collated into a worksheet by the teacher. Students completed the worksheet after the excursion using information and data that they had observed on the day and collected afterwards. Students also reflected upon their learning to draw conclusions about the nature of places. The excursion took place during school time over the course of one day. The worksheet was completed in class over two 50-minute lessons.
Achievement standard
By the end of Year 5, students describe the location of selected countries in relative terms. They explain the characteristics of places in different locations at local to national scales. They identify and describe the interconnections between people and the human and environmental characteristics of places, and between components of environments. They identify the effects of these interconnections on the characteristics of places and environments. They identify and describe different possible responses to a geographical challenge.
Students develop appropriate geographical questions for an investigation. They locate, collect and organise data and information from a range of sources to answer inquiry questions. They represent data and the location of places and their characteristics in graphic forms, including large-scale and small-scale maps that use the cartographic conventions of border, scale, legend, title and north point. They describe the location of places and their characteristics using compass direction and distance. Students interpret maps, geographical data and other information to identify and describe spatial distributions, simple patterns and trends, and suggest conclusions. They present findings and ideas using geographical terminology in a range of communication forms. They propose action in response to a geographical challenge and identify the possible effects of their proposed action.
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Creates a climate graph using presented data -
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Creates a climate graph using presented data -
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Makes specific conclusions about a place based on observations and data -
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Makes specific conclusions about a place based on observations and data
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Describes the uses of a place -
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Categorises the features of a place based on its use or purpose -
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Categorises the features of a place based on its use or purpose -
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Uses geographic terms to describe the natural and constructed features of a place -
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Uses geographic terms to describe the natural and constructed features of a place
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Reflects on observations to answer inquiry questions and to draw detailed conclusions about a place -
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Reflects on observations to answer inquiry questions and to draw detailed conclusions about a place
