Prep Year unit overview — Australian Curriculum: Geography Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Australian Curriculum v5.0 Geography for Foundation–10, . Unit no. Unit title Duration of unit 2 Caring for special places 10 hours Unit outline The Prep Year of place. Learning about their own place and building a connection with it contributes curriculum focuses on developing children’s understanding to sense of identity and belonging, and an understanding of why and how they care for places. children’s Children start to explore their feelings about places by talking about their own special places, and what makes them special. Children develop an understanding of the Countries/Places that Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples belong to in the local area and why they are important to them. Children explore the places in which they live, but also investigate more distant places of similar size that are familiar to them or that they are curious about. Children use the geographical concepts of place and space to develop geographical understandings and geographical skills by observing, collecting, recording and representing geographical data and information to answer inquiry questions. This unit provides opportunities for guided fieldwork in the school grounds using data collection techniques of observing, taking photographs, drawing pictures and creating story maps. Opportunities exist for the use of spatial technologies such as Google Earth. Learning opportunities in this unit are collaboratively developed between children and adults. Contexts for learning include play, real-life situations, routines and teachable moments. The inquiry questions for the unit are: What makes a place special? How can we look after the places we live in? Identify curriculum Content descriptions to be taught General capabilities and crosscurriculum priorities Geographical Knowledge and Understanding Geographical Inquiry and Skills
Prep Year unit overview — Australian Curriculum: Geography Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Australian Curriculum v5.0 Geography for Foundation–10, . Unit no. Unit title Duration of unit 2 Caring for special places 10 hours Unit outline The Prep Year curriculum focuses on developing children’s understanding of place. Learning about their own place and building a connection with it contributes to children’s sense of identity and belonging, and an understanding of why and how they care for places. Children start to explore their feelings about places by talking about their own special places, and what makes them special. Children develop an understanding of the Countries/Places that Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples belong to in the local area and why they are important to them. Children explore the places in which they live, but also investigate more distant places of similar size that are familiar to them or that they are curious about. Children use the geographical concepts of place and space to develop geographical understandings and geographical skills by observing, collecting, recording and representing geographical data and information to answer inquiry questions. This unit provides opportunities for guided fieldwork in the school grounds using data collection techniques of observing, taking photographs, drawing pictures and creating story maps. Opportunities exist for the use of spatial technologies such as Google Earth. Learning opportunities in this unit are collaboratively developed between children and adults. Contexts for learning include play, real-life situations, routines and teachable moments. The inquiry questions for the unit are: What makes a place special? How can we look after the places we live in? Identify curriculum Content descriptions to be taught General capabilities and crosscurriculum priorities Geographical Knowledge and Understanding Geographical Inquiry and Skills
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