7–10Geography 7–10 Syllabus
The new Geography 7–10 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
2025 and 2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027 – Start teaching new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Life Skills
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
Content in Thinking and working geographically outlines how geographical concepts, inquiry skills and tools are to be integrated with the content in this focus area.
Engage with relevant geographical concepts
Participate in geographical inquiry for the purpose of observing data, collecting and recording data and information, presenting findings and drawing conclusions
Use relevant geographical tools
Communicate ideas about environmental change and management through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts
Familiar environments
Types of environments located in Australia or globally
Features of an environment
The key functions of Earth’s environments
Food produced in the local environment
The impact of food production on an environment
Human interactions that influence changes to an environment
Natural processes that influence changes to an environment
The importance of conserving the natural environment
Sustainable practices that can protect our environments
Methods used by Aboriginal Peoples to inform responses to the management of the environment
Impacts of managing the environment sustainably
Environmental changes that have occurred in an environment
One or more causes of environmental change in an environment
Personal and government responsibility to manage and protect an environment