and ways people organise and collect and record relevant Fieldwork – manage spaces that we live in eg geographical data and observing, measuring, settlement patterns within information, for example, by collecting and recording Australia, neighbouring countries observing, by interviewing, data, conducting surveys or and other countries. conducting surveys, or interviews using maps, visual Environment: the significance of representations, the media fieldwork instruments such the environment in human life, or the as measuring devices, and the important internet (ACHGS020, maps, photographs interrelationships between ACHGS027) humans and the environment eg Graphs and statistics – how climate and environment Processing geographical tally charts, pictographs, influence settlement patterns; information data tables, column graphs, interconnections between people represent data by simple statistics and environments; differing ways constructing tables, graphs people can use environments Spatial technologies – and maps (ACHGS021, sustainably. ACHGS028) virtual maps, satellite Interconnection: no object of images, global positioning geographical study can be viewed represent information by systems (GPS) in isolation eg interconnections constructing large-scale between people, places and maps that conform to Visual representations – environments; influence of cartographic conventions, photographs, illustrations, people’s values on the using spatial technologies diagrams, story books, management and protection of as appropriate (ACHGS022, multimedia, web tools places and environments and the ACHGS029) custodial responsibilities of interpret geographical data Aboriginal and Torres Strait to identify distributions and Islander Peoples. patterns and draw Scale: the way that geographical conclusions (ACHGS023, phenomena and problems can be ACHGS030) examined at different spatial levels eg types of settlement Communicating geographical across a range of scales; the information influence of climate across a present findings in a range range of scales. of communication forms, for Sustainability: the capacity of example, written, oral, the environment to continue to digital, graphic, tabular and support our lives and the lives of visual, and use other living creatures into the geographical future eg ways in which people, terminology (ACHGS024, including Aboriginal and Torres ACHGS031) Strait Islander Peoples, use and protect natural resources; differing reflect on their learning to views about environmental propose individual action in response to a contemporary sustainability; sustainable management of waste. geographical challenge and identify the expected effects of the proposal (ACHGS025, ACHGS032)
and ways people organise and manage spaces that we live in eg settlement patterns within Australia, neighbouring countries and other countries. Environment: the significance of the environment in human life, and the important interrelationships between humans and the environment eg how climate and environment influence settlement patterns; interconnections between people and environments; differing ways people can use environments sustainably. Interconnection: no object of geographical study can be viewed in isolation eg 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. Scale: the way that geographical phenomena and problems can be examined at different spatial levels eg types of settlement across a range of scales; the influence of climate across a range of scales. Sustainability: the capacity of the environment to continue to support our lives and the lives of other living creatures into the future eg 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. collect and record relevant geographical data and information, for example, by observing, by interviewing, conducting surveys, or using maps, visual representations, the media or the internet (ACHGS020, ACHGS027) Processing geographical information represent data by constructing tables, graphs and maps (ACHGS021, ACHGS028) represent information by constructing large-scale maps that conform to cartographic conventions, using spatial technologies as appropriate (ACHGS022, ACHGS029) interpret geographical data to identify distributions and patterns and draw conclusions (ACHGS023, ACHGS030) Communicating geographical information present findings in a range of communication forms, for example, written, oral, digital, graphic, tabular and visual, and use geographical terminology (ACHGS024, ACHGS031) reflect on their learning to propose individual action in response to a contemporary geographical challenge and identify the expected effects of the proposal (ACHGS025, ACHGS032) Fieldwork – observing, measuring, collecting and recording data, conducting surveys or interviews fieldwork instruments such as measuring devices, maps, photographs Graphs and statistics – tally charts, pictographs, data tables, column graphs, simple statistics Spatial technologies – virtual maps, satellite images, global positioning systems (GPS) Visual representations – photographs, illustrations, diagrams, story books, multimedia, web tools
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