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7–10Geography 7–10 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2027
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Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 4/5

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.

Landscapes and landforms

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.

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Thinking and working geographically
  • 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 landscapes and landforms through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts

Dynamic landscapes and landforms
  • Familiar landscapes and landforms

  • Location of a familiar landscape and landform

  • Different features of landscapes or landforms

  • Geomorphic processes that change and shape a landscape or landform

  • Changes to a familiar landscape or landform due to geomorphic processes

  • Landscapes and landforms shaped by human processes

The value and protection of landscapes and landforms
  • Methods used to protect landscapes or landforms on various scales

  • Value of landscapes or landforms

  • Individual actions that contribute to protection of a local landscape or landform

  • Ways Aboriginal Peoples manage and care for Country

Geomorphic hazards
  • Types of geomorphic hazards

  • Causes of a geomorphic hazard

  • Impacts of a geomorphic hazard on people and the environment

  • Ways to keep safe during a geomorphic hazard

  • Community responses to and management of a geomorphic hazard

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