Geography

By the end of Level 2, students define places and describe natural and constructed features of places, including weather and seasons; the importance of people’s attachments to places; and how places can change and be cared for. Students identify and describe people’s interconnections with places in Australia and the world, both at local and broader scales.

Students ask geographical questions, and they collect, sort and record related information and data from observations and provided sources. They represent and describe the information collected to draw conclusions and make proposals. Students use sources and geographical knowledge and concepts,...

By the end of Level 4, students identify and describe characteristics of diverse places and environments. They describe the functions and the characteristics of world climates and vegetation, interconnections between Australia and other parts of the world, and the sustainability of natural resources.

Students develop questions and locate, collect and record information and data from a range of sources in a range of formats. They represent and analyse the information collected and draw conclusions. Students propose considered actions or responses and their impact. They use ideas from sources, geographical knowledge and concepts (space, interconnection and environment) to...

By the end of Level 6, students explain the influence of people on the characteristics of places, how they change and their sustainable management. They identify the major geographical divisions of the world and explain the geographical diversity of places and the impacts of interconnections between Australia and other countries. Students explain bushfires and other climate hazards and consider how their impacts can be reduced. They analyse some of the major economic, demographic and social differences between countries around the world.

Students develop questions, and locate, collect and organise information and data from a range of primary...

By the end of Level 8, students explain the interconnections between people and places and environments, and environmental processes. They explain how these interconnections change places or environments. Students explain responses or strategies to address a geographical phenomenon, issue or challenge, referring to environmental, economic or social factors. They explain the sustainable management of water as a valuable renewable resource. Students explain liveability and consider the ways in which it is measured and changed by people. They analyse ways that human activities change landforms and landscapes and ways of managing and protecting them. Students explain the processes...

By the end of Level 10, students explain how the interactions of people and environmental processes at different scales change the characteristics of places. Students explain the impacts of human activity on environments, and the effect of environments on human activity, over time. They evaluate the distribution of a geographical phenomenon and its implications. Students evaluate interconnections between people and places and environments. They analyse changes that result from these interconnections and their consequences. They analyse sustainability and how it can be considered to understand environmental issues. Students evaluate strategies to address a geographical phenomenon, issue or...