Use and share’ to discuss the variety of connections to ‘pair places around the world. As a class, reflect on the information collected and discuss: What do you know about these places? How long does it take to travel to these places? What natural or human features are represented in the places? What places would you like to visit? Why or why not? What is one feature of an overseas place that you think is really interesting? Why? Communicating geographical information Communicate: Students develop a brief presentation about their selected location to which they have connections. They include a world map of its location, photographs of the place, the mode of transport and travel time. Students include an explanation of their connection to the place. Respond: Students write a statement about the personal significance of the place. Geographical concepts Geographical inquiry skills Geographical Place: the significance of places Acquiring geographical Maps – and what they are like eg information pictorial maps, large-scale location and features of local pose geographical maps, world map, globe places and other places in the questions (ACHGS007, world Fieldwork – ACHGS013) Space: the significance of observing, collecting and collect and record location and spatial distribution, recording data, conducting geographical data and and ways people organise and surveys information, for example, by manage the spaces that we live observing, by interviewing, or Graphs and statistics – in eg where activities are located visual and how spaces can be tally charts, pictographs, representations (ACHGS008, organised. data tables, column graphs, ACHGS014) weather data Environment: the significance of Processing geographical the environment in human life, Spatial technologies information – and the important virtual maps, satellite represent data by interrelationships between images constructing tables, graphs or humans and the environment eg maps (ACHGS009, natural and human features of a Visual representations – ACHGS015) place; daily and seasonal photographs, illustrations, draw conclusions based on weather patterns of places. diagrams, story books, the interpretation of multimedia, web tools geographical information
Use ‘pair and share’ to discuss the variety of connections to places around the world. As a class, reflect on the information collected and discuss: What do you know about these places? How long does it take to travel to these places? What natural or human features are represented in the places? What places would you like to visit? Why or why not? What is one feature of an overseas place that you think is really interesting? Why? Communicating geographical information Communicate: Students develop a brief presentation about their selected location to which they have connections. They include a world map of its location, photographs of the place, the mode of transport and travel time. Students include an explanation of their connection to the place. Respond: Students write a statement about the personal significance of the place. Geographical concepts Geographical inquiry skills Geographical Place: the significance of places and what they are like eg location and features of local places and other places in the world Space: the significance of location and spatial distribution, and ways people organise and manage the spaces that we live in eg where activities are located and how spaces can be organised. Environment: the significance of the environment in human life, and the important interrelationships between humans and the environment eg natural and human features of a place; daily and seasonal weather patterns of places. Acquiring geographical information pose geographical questions (ACHGS007, ACHGS013) collect and record geographical data and information, for example, by observing, by interviewing, or visual representations (ACHGS008, ACHGS014) Processing geographical information represent data by constructing tables, graphs or maps (ACHGS009, ACHGS015) draw conclusions based on the interpretation of geographical information Maps – pictorial maps, large-scale maps, world map, globe Fieldwork – observing, collecting and recording data, conducting surveys Graphs and statistics – tally charts, pictographs, data tables, column graphs, weather data Spatial technologies – virtual maps, satellite images Visual representations – photographs, illustrations, diagrams, story books, multimedia, web tools
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