Representation of the cross-curriculum priorities The cross-curriculum priorities address contemporary issues which students face in a globalised world. Teachers may find opportunities to incorporate the priorities into the teaching and learning program for the Earth and Environmental Science ATAR course. The cross-curriculum priorities are not assessed unless they are identified within the specified unit content. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Contexts that draw on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures provide an opportunity for students investigate to the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ knowledge in developing a richer understanding of the Australian environment. Students could develop an appreciation of the unique Australian biota and its interactions, the impacts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples on their environments and the ways in which the Australian landscape has changed over tens of thousands of years. They could examine the ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge of ecosystems has developed over time, the spiritual significance of Country/Place, and their relationship with life-forms through totemic connections. Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia Contexts that draw on Asian scientific research and development and collaborative endeavours in the Asia Pacific region provide an opportunity for students to investigate Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia. Students could develop an appreciation that interaction between human activity and the diverse environments of the Asia region continues to influence the region, including Australia, and has significance for the rest of the world. The Asia region plays an important role in scientific research and development, including through collaboration with Australian scientists in such areas as natural hazard prediction and management, natural resource management, energy security and food security. Sustainability The cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability is explicitly addressed in the Earth and Environmental Science course. The curriculum requires students to understand the interconnectedness of Earth’s biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere, and how these systems operate and interact across a range of spatial and temporal scales. Relationships, including cycles and cause and effect are explored, and students develop skills of observation and analysis to examine these relationships in the world around them now and into the future. Students appreciate that the and Environmental Science ATAR course provides the basis for decision making in many areas of society and that these decisions can impact on the Earth system, its environments and its resources. They understand the importance of using science to predict possible effects of human and other activity, and to develop management plans or alternative technologies that minimise these effects and provide for a more sustainable future.
Representation of the cross-curriculum priorities The cross-curriculum priorities address contemporary issues which students face in a globalised world. Teachers may find opportunities to incorporate the priorities into the teaching and learning program for the Earth and Environmental Science ATAR course. The cross-curriculum priorities are not assessed unless they are identified within the specified unit content. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Contexts that draw on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures provide an opportunity for students investigate to the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ knowledge in developing a richer understanding of the Australian environment. Students could develop an appreciation of the unique Australian biota and its interactions, the impacts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples on their environments and the ways in which the Australian landscape has changed over tens of thousands of years. They could examine the ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge of ecosystems has developed over time, the spiritual significance of Country/Place, and their relationship with life-forms through totemic connections. Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia Contexts that draw on Asian scientific research and development and collaborative endeavours in the Asia Pacific region provide an opportunity for students to investigate Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia. Students could develop an appreciation that interaction between human activity and the diverse environments of the Asia region continues to influence the region, including Australia, and has significance for the rest of the world. The Asia region plays an important role in scientific research and development, including through collaboration with Australian scientists in such areas as natural hazard prediction and management, natural resource management, energy security and food security. Sustainability The cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability is explicitly addressed in the Earth and Environmental Science course. The curriculum requires students to understand the interconnectedness of Earth’s biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere, and how these systems operate and interact across a range of spatial and temporal scales. Relationships, including cycles and cause and effect are explored, and students develop skills of observation and analysis to examine these relationships in the world around them now and into the future. Students appreciate that the and Environmental Science ATAR course provides the basis for decision making in many areas of society and that these decisions can impact on the Earth system, its environments and its resources. They understand the importance of using science to predict possible effects of human and other activity, and to develop management plans or alternative technologies that minimise these effects and provide for a more sustainable future.
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