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Geography K–10
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- Place: the significance of places and what they are like
- Space: the significance of location and spatial distribution, and ways people organise and manage the spaces that we live in
- Environment: the significance of the environment in human life, and the important interrelationships between humans and the environment
- Interconnection: no object of geographical study can be viewed in isolation
- Scale: the way that geographical phenomena and problems can be examined at different spatial levels
- Sustainability: the capacity of the environment to continue to support our lives and the lives of other living creatures into the future
- Change: explaining geographical phenomena by investigating how they have developed over time
Students demonstrate an understanding of:
Stage | Place | Space | Environment | Interconnection | Scale | Sustainability | Change |
ES1 |
• places students live in and belong to and why they are important |
• location of a place in relation to other familiar places |
• how and why places should be looked after |
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• location and features of local places and other places in the world |
• where activities are located and how spaces can be organised |
• natural and human features of a place • daily and seasonal weather patterns of places |
• local and global links people have with places and the special connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain with Country/Place |
• various scales by which places can be defined such as local suburbs, towns and large cities |
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2 |
• natural and human features and characteristics of different places and their similarities and differences • how people's perceptions about places influence their responses and actions to protect them |
• settlements patterns within Australia, neighbouring countries and other countries |
• how climate and environment influence settlement patterns • interconnections between people and environments • differing ways people can use environments sustainably |
• interconnections between people, places and environments • influence of people's values on the management and protection of places and environments and the custodial responsibilities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples |
• types of settlement across a range of scales • the influence of climate across a range of scales |
• ways in which people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, use and protect natural resources • differing views about environmental sustainability • sustainable management of waste |
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• characteristics of places on a global level |
• global patterns of spatial distribution • how people organise and manage spaces in their local environment |
• how the environment influences people and places • how people influence the environment • the effect of natural disasters on the environment |
• how environments influence where people live • ways people influence the characteristics of their environments • diversity of cultures and peoples around the world |
• environmental and human characteristics of places on local, regional and global scales • the effect of global events on people and places locally, regionally and globally |
• extent of environmental change • environmental management practices • sustainability initiatives |
• changes to environmental and human characteristics of places |
4 |
• factors influencing peoples' perceptions of places • the special significance place has to some people • the effect of global trade, transport, information and communication technologies on places across the world |
• spatial distributions of landscapes, global water resources and natural hazards • how location influences the ways people organise places |
• processes that form and transform landscapes and landforms across the world • the aesthetic, cultural, spiritual and economic value of environments to people • the effect of human activities on natural and human environments |
• how people are affected by the environment with regard to landscapes, climate, natural hazards and the liveability of places • how people affect the environment such as people's use of water on its quality and availability as a resource |
• management of geographical challenges across a range of scales from local to global • responses and actions undertaken by governments, organisations and individuals • communities operating at local and global scales |
• pressures on the Earth's water resources and landscapes • the need to manage environments for a long-term future • sustainable management approaches |
• changes to resources, landscapes and places over time through natural and human geographical processes and events • the effect of management strategies in reducing the impact of natural and human processes |
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• the effect of local and global geographical processes such as urbanisation, migration and climate change on tangible places such as a country as well as less tangible places such as a community |
• location of biomes and the spatial distribution of urbanisation, global patterns of food, industrial materials and fibre production and variations of human wellbeing • conflicts arising from competing uses of space for agricultural, urban, recreational and industrial land uses |
• the function and importance of the environment. • the quality of the environment • significant environmental challenges • approaches to environmental management |
• consequences of migration patterns on the location of origin and destination • the economic, social and environmental factors influencing spatial variations in global human wellbeing |
• interactions between geographical processes at different scales • local alterations to environments can have global consequences • changes at a global level can affect local environments • management and protection of places and environments at local, regional, national and global scales |
• short and long-term implications of environmental change on environments • the importance of sustainable practices to ensure the wellbeing of people • sustainable environmental worldviews and management approaches |
• biomes altered to produce food, industrial materials and fibres and the environmental effects of these alterations • the consequences of urbanisation • the protection of places and environments as a result of sustainable management practices |