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 extreme environments through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts
Locations of extreme environments
Characteristics of various extreme environments
Extreme environmental events that may occur in non-extreme environments
Ways to prepare for and stay safe in extreme environmental events
Influence of location on environmental conditions
Atmospheric conditions that make environments extreme
Influence of high altitude on environmental conditions
Influence of climate change on environments
Ways to stay safe in extreme environments
Ways wind or water shape extreme landscapes
Type of soil and shape of the land in extreme environments
Reasons extreme environments can experience high levels of salinity and acidy in soil and water
Combined impact of physical and chemical characteristics of extreme environments
Investigation of at least ONE extreme environment.
Location of the selected extreme environment
Physical features of the selected extreme environment
Factors that make the environment extreme
Aboriginal Peoples’ or other international Indigenous Peoples’ interactions with the selected extreme environment
Nature of a geographical issue relating to the selected extreme environment and ways to respond to the issue
Strategies to manage or protect the selected extreme environment