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Geography / Year 10 / Geographical Knowledge and Understanding / Unit 1: Environmental change and management
Curriculum content descriptions
Human-induced environmental changes that challenge sustainability (ACHGK070)
Elaborations
- discussing the concept of sustainability in relation to environmental functions
- identifying human-induced environmental changes (for example, water and atmospheric pollution; loss of biodiversity; degradation of land, inland and coastal aquatic environments) and discussing the challenges they pose for sustainability
- evaluating the concept of ecosystem services and the importance of these services for sustainability of biodiversity
General capabilities
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms
Human impact, Pollution, Environmental sustainability, Climate change, Biogeochemical cycles, Biodiversity