7–10Geography Elective 7–10 Syllabus (2025)
The new Geography Elective 7–10 Syllabus (2025) is to be implemented from 2028 and will replace the Geography Elective 7–10 Syllabus (2019).
2026 and 2027 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2028 – Start teaching the 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. Schools may choose to implement the new syllabus during the planning and preparation phase.
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.
LoadingEngage 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 planet Earth through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts
Geomorphic features in a familiar or local environment
Geomorphic features that can be found in a selected region
Changes in landscape features as a result of weathering, erosion or deposition
Geophysical features as a result of tectonic plate movement, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes or tsunamis
Characteristics of climate and weather in the local environment
Atmospheric processes that influence weather and climate
Geographical factors that shape climate patterns
Surface influences on climate patterns
Weather and seasons in different places
Variety of plants and animals in different places and environments
Importance of places that have a large variety of plants and animals
Where a selected ecosystem is found
Features of plants and animals that help them survive in a selected ecosystem
Plant and animal relationships in a selected ecosystem
Investigation of ONE environment.
Location of the selected environment
Features of the selected environment
Natural processes that led to the formation of a geomorphic feature of the selected environment
Significance of the selected environment for plants, animals or humans
Human interactions with the selected environment
Interactions of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples or other international Indigenous Peoples with the selected environment
Safe practices when interacting with the selected environment
Strategies to manage or protect the selected environment