Geography / Year 9 / Geographical Inquiry and Skills / Communicating

• TLF-IDM025724

A collection of geography and science resources for high school teachers and students to support teaching and learning from home. The resources were developed by Department of Education teachers from 25 Environmental and Zoo Education Centres in NSW and include Google Sites, programs and activities.

• TLF-IDM020970

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 ...

• TLF-IDM020532

This is a teacher resource containing a sequence of lessons for investigating farming and crop yields in Australia. It contains material to assist planning, implementing and assessing a study of the environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields, and the role of geographical data systems and ...

• TLF-IDA005211

This learning sequence focuses on the connections people have to places across a range of scales. Students explore how transport, information and communication technologies and trade link people to many places. They explain the effects of human activities, such as production, recreation and travel, on places and environments ...

• TLF-IDA003952

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 9 Geography. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic representation ...

• TLF-IDA005214

This video outlines the features of latitude and longitude on maps. It explains the common rules and provides hints and tips associated with reading latitude and longitude in geography. It includes several worked examples demonstrating how to combine latitude and longitude to find the exact location of a place on earth.

• TLF-IDA005212

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, ...

• TLF-IDA005209

This resource provides an overview of common geographical field instruments. It details some common field instruments used in geographical fieldwork, beginning with instruments used to record and observe weather such as thermometers and barometers. The video includes a detailed description of the purpose of topographic ...

• TLF-IDA005224

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 ...

• TLF-IDM017155

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 ...