Business. There are opportunities to connect learning experiences in Geography to other learning areas. In the Australian Curriculum: History Stories of groups of people who migrated to Australia (including from ONE Asian country) and the reasons they migrated, such as World War II and Australian migration programs since the war Identify and locate a range of relevant sources Compare information from a range of sources Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written) and digital technologies In the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics Interpret and compare a range of displays, including side-by-side column graphs for two categorical variables In the Australian Curriculum: Science Construct and use a range of representations, including and , to represent and describe observations, or in using as appropriate In the Australian Curriculum: English Identify and explain how analytical images like figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs contribute to our understanding of verbal information in factual and persuasive Use a range of software, including word processing programs, learning new functions as required to Assessment Make judgments Describe the assessment Teachers gather evidence to make judgments about the following characteristics of student work: Students are given opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge, skills and understanding Understanding across a range of assessments. This assessment is collected in student folios and allows for The characteristics of diverse places in different locations at ongoing feedback to students on their learning. Year 6 teachers make decisions about the different places at different scale from local to global length of time required to complete the tasks and the conditions under which assessment is the locations of selected countries in absolute and relative terms to be conducted. The teaching and learning experiences throughout the term provide opportunities for students to develop the understanding and skills required to complete these the comparison of spatial distributions and patterns among assessments. As students engage with these learning experiences, the teacher can provide geographical phenomena feedback on specific skills. Skills Collection of work: Written/Multimodal Interpret data and other information to identify and compare The purpose of this assessment is to make judgments about to a series spatial distributions, patterns and trends students’ responses of focused tasks within a specified context and based on the process of geographical inquiry infer relationships and draw conclusions and skills. The focus of the collection of work is geographical data and information that present findings and ideas using geographical terminology and identifies spatial distributions, patterns and trends of economic, demographic and social graphic representations characteristics between countries across the world in relation to Australia, including the Asian Valued features of the Standard Elaborations targeted in this region. assessment: Students: Geographical knowledge and understanding
Business. There are opportunities to connect learning experiences in Geography to other learning areas. In the Australian Curriculum: History Stories of groups of people who migrated to Australia (including from ONE Asian country) and the reasons they migrated, such as World War II and Australian migration programs since the war Identify and locate a range of relevant sources Compare information from a range of sources Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written) and digital technologies In the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics Interpret and compare a range of displays, including side-by-side column graphs for two categorical variables In the Australian Curriculum: Science Construct and use a range of representations, including and , to represent and describe observations, or in using as appropriate In the Australian Curriculum: English Identify and explain how analytical images like figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs contribute to our understanding of verbal information in factual and persuasive Use a range of software, including word processing programs, learning new functions as required to Assessment Make judgments Describe the assessment Teachers gather evidence to make judgments about the following characteristics of student work: Understanding The characteristics of diverse places in different locations at different places at different scale from local to global the locations of selected countries in absolute and relative terms the comparison of spatial distributions and patterns among geographical phenomena Skills Interpret data and other information to identify and compare spatial distributions, patterns and trends infer relationships and draw conclusions present findings and ideas using geographical terminology and graphic representations Valued features of the Standard Elaborations targeted in this assessment: Geographical knowledge and understanding Students are given opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge, skills and understanding across a range of assessments. This assessment is collected in student folios and allows for ongoing feedback to students on their learning. Year 6 teachers make decisions about the length of time required to complete the tasks and the conditions under which assessment is to be conducted. The teaching and learning experiences throughout the term provide opportunities for students to develop the understanding and skills required to complete these assessments. As students engage with these learning experiences, the teacher can provide feedback on specific skills. Collection of work: Written/Multimodal The purpose of this assessment is to make judgments about students’ responses to a series of focused tasks within a specified context and based on the process of geographical inquiry and skills. The focus of the collection of work is geographical data and information that identifies spatial distributions, patterns and trends of economic, demographic and social characteristics between countries across the world in relation to Australia, including the Asian region. Students:
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