Geography / Year 8 / Geographical Inquiry and Skills / Interpreting, analysing and concluding

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This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on waste and materials 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 ...

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This biodiversity learning resource guides students through an extended school based investigation. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and reflect on their success and their learning.

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Long lines of cars, frustrated drivers in peak traffic: familiar? As the population of Australia's major cities continues to rise and spread outwards, increased strain is placed on existing infrastructure such as roads. People often look to government to fix urban problems. Could a light rail system solve Sydney's western ...

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In this inquiry learning sequence, students explore landscapes and landforms using examples from Australia and throughout the world. For each key inquiry question, students are encouraged to design their own inquiry questions as a subset in order to complete the geographical inquiry process which forms the bases of these ...

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This activity builds understanding of sonar technique and applications through processing and plotting data to discover a seafloor feature and by bouncing balls on different surfaces and analysing rebound, relating this to ground hardness then extend understanding to 'backscatter' in bathymetry surveys. It is suitable for ...

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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 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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This video outlines how to construct a cross-section using a topographic map and grid paper. The difference between cross-sections and transects is outlined. The video demonstrates a completed cross-section and an example of a transect to provide an understanding of the key differences and similarities between each graph.

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In this activity students use fossil evidence to identify how the continents have moved over time. They then recreate Gondwana using the maps and fossil evidence provided. This resource is part of a suite of activities from Queensland Museum focused on plate tectonics and volcanoes.

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This is a video about an agroforestry project to restore the tree cover of microwatersheds in the High Andes of Peru in which the Chumbivilcas community worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund. Interviews with the local mayor and project officers emphasise ...