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Learning Framework
Concept
Place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change
Content
Students will investigate the interactions that occur within natural and cultural environments in order to make informed decisions and communicate findings.
Skills
- Observing, questioning and planning
- Collecting, recording, evaluating and representing
- Interpreting, analysing and concluding
- Communicating
- Reflecting
Resource Key
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LEVEL 1:
brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)
LEVEL 2:
provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.
LEVEL 3:
lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)
Key Terms
- Geographical Based on or derived from the physical features of an area.
- Geomorphic Relating to the form of the landscape and other natural features of the earth's surface;
- Hazard A danger or risk.
- Infrastructure The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
- Landforms A landform is a natural feature of the surface of Earth. Common landforms are mountains, plateaus, and valleys.
- Landscapes All the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.
- Natural Existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind.
Coasts
- Indigenous Australians gathering seafood, c1817
Watercolour of Indigenous Australian people and their canoes on the New South Wales north coast.
Videos
- Earliest evidence found for Aboriginal people living on Australian coastlinesA team of archaeologists has confirmed evidence from a remote cave in Australia's North West pushes back human occupation of Australia to around 50,000 years ago. Video: UWA.
- Western Australia's rugged coastBeyond the Bungle Bungles, Highway One cuts an isolated pathway through the Kimberley's vast savannah plains, providing access to its gorges and ancient reefs along the Western Australia coast.
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