HASS F-6 / Year 4 / Skills / Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

Curriculum content descriptions

interpret information and data displayed in different formats (AC9HS4S03)

Elaborations
  • decoding the meaning of symbols and emblems associated with Australian history, geography and civic life and applying an understanding of conventions, vocabulary and symbols when interpreting large-scale maps
  • interpreting the data presented in picture, line, bar or column graphs to identify trends; for example, explaining survey results about types of waste produced in the school or how people participate in the community
  • interpreting thematic maps and using online satellite images to describe the environmental characteristics of a continent or region, or to identify a particular characteristic, such as equatorial rainforests or clearance of natural vegetation for farming and settlement
  • comparing environments in places of similar climate and vegetation that are located on different continents; for example, sandy, icy and stony deserts of Australia, Africa and South America
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Artefacts,  Maps (Geographic location),  Information literacy

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