The following geographical The following geographical The following geographical inquiry skills have been tools have been integrated into concepts have been integrated integrated into the unit: the unit. These are indicated into the teaching and learning Acquiring geographical through underlined text. sequence: information Examples may include: pose questions and make Maps – Place: the significance of places observations (ACHGS001) and what they are like eg places pictorial maps record geographical data students live in and belong to and Fieldwork – and why they are important. information (ACHGS002) observing and recording Space: the significance of data Processing geographical location and spatial distribution, information Graphs and statistics – and ways people organise and represent data using charts manage the spaces that we live in tally charts, pictographs or graphs (ACHGS003) eg location of a place in relation to Spatial technologies – draw conclusions based on other familiar places. discussions of virtual maps observations (ACHGS004) Environment: the significance of Visual representations – the environment in human life, Communicating geographical and the important photographs, illustrations, information story books, multimedia interrelationships between present humans and the environment eg information (ACHGS005) how and why places should be reflect on their learning looked after. (ACHGS006)
The following geographical concepts have been integrated into the teaching and learning sequence: Place: the significance of places and what they are like eg places students live in and belong to and why they are important. Space: the significance of location and spatial distribution, and ways people organise and manage the spaces that we live in eg location of a place in relation to other familiar places. Environment: the significance of the environment in human life, and the important interrelationships between humans and the environment eg how and why places should be looked after. The following geographical inquiry skills have been integrated into the unit: Acquiring geographical information pose questions and make observations (ACHGS001) record geographical data and information (ACHGS002) Processing geographical information represent data using charts or graphs (ACHGS003) draw conclusions based on discussions of observations (ACHGS004) Communicating geographical information present information (ACHGS005) reflect on their learning (ACHGS006) The following geographical tools have been integrated into the unit. These are indicated through underlined text. Examples may include: Maps – pictorial maps Fieldwork – observing and recording data Graphs and statistics – tally charts, pictographs Spatial technologies – virtual maps Visual representations – photographs, illustrations, story books, multimedia