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Geography / Year 7 / Geographical Inquiry and Skills / Collecting, recording, evaluating and representing
Curriculum content descriptions
Evaluate sources for their reliability and usefulness and select, collect and record relevant geographical data and information, using ethical protocols, from appropriate primary and secondary sources (ACHGS048)
Elaborations
- gathering relevant data from a range of primary sources (for example, from observation and annotated field sketches, surveys and interviews, or photographs) about the impacts of and responses to a hydrological hazard, or the factors influencing decisions people make about where to live
- collecting geographical information from secondary sources (for example, thematic maps, weather maps, climate graphs, compound column graphs and population pyramids, reports, census data and the media)
- applying ethical research methods, including the use of protocols for consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
- considering the reliability of primary and secondary data by finding out how and when it was collected, by whom and for what purpose
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Data collection, Human settlements, Geographic location