Geography / Year 7 / Geographical Inquiry and Skills / Collecting, recording, evaluating and representing

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This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on kitchen gardens using the five-step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and ...

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This video explores how topographic maps can be used to illustrate physical land features, geographic position and elevations. It examines how to interpret contour lines and contour intervals, and how to identify mountains, valleys, plains, vegetation and hydrology. It also examines how to use a key in a topographic map ...

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This video outlines the features associated with population profiles (also commonly referred to as population pyramids). It outlines how to interpret a population pyramid based on its shape and make inferences about a city or country's population changes across a set period.

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This video outlines some common graphs used in geography including scatter graphs, cumulative bar graphs, divergence bar charts and ternary graphs. It outlines how each type of graph is read and interpreted in detail with appropriate statistical examples demonstrating the purpose and use of each graph type.

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This video outlines the common types of maps used in the geography classroom and the key features associated with each type of map including border, orientation, legend, title, scale and source. It details the characteristics associated with physical maps, topographic maps, political maps, synoptic charts, choropleth maps, ...

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Learn about the purpose of using direction in geography and how bearings are a more specific way of finding direction. The video also demonstrates how to use a protractor to find the bearing between two points of reference on a map. Once students become familiar with using a ruler and protractor, they will be able to apply ...

• TLF-IDA005199

Topographic maps allow geographers to identify landscape, the gradient of a slope, relief and aspect. This video details how cartographers create maps using points of reference on the landscape. It explains how contour lines show the height of the land above sea level and how understanding contours can teach geographers ...

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This resource provides an overview of the common types of graphs such as column graphs, bar graphs, pie graphs and line graphs. that are used in learning areas such as Geography and Economics. This video instructs students on how to interpret common types of graphs. It demonstrates what the graphs look like, what their ...

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This lesson sequence provides a rich opportunity to discuss sustainable water management issues, particularly those related to a local catchment. Students gather and map data which allows them to answer questions and add simple environmental data such as water quality parameters to maps using Google Maps.

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In this lesson sequence, students conduct a school water audit and devise an evidence-based action plan to reduce water wastage in the school. They then write a report to the school environment committee recommending three actions that the committee could take to reduce water use in the school.