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The Murray-Darling Basin: an introduction

Teacher guide The Murray-Darling Basin: an introduction

TLF ID M019053

This lesson sequence is designed to introduce students to key aspects of the Murray-Darling Basin including the environment, geography, economy, people, history, water cycle and water management challenges. The lesson sequence includes a teacher PowerPoint presentation, separate teacher notes and a student worksheet. This resource is the first in a series of lesson sequences exploring the Murray-Darling Basin and provides a useful overview for the other lesson sequences in the series.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource is valuable due to its relevance to the Geographical Knowledge and Understanding strand of the years 5 and 7 geography curriculum. It examines environmental influences on human perceptions of place and liveability as well as the cultural, social, economic and environmental value of water using the Murray-Darling Basin as a case study.
  • This resource is valuable due to its relevance to the Biological sciences sub-strand of the year 7 science curriculum. It examines the water cycle in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Year level

5; 6; 7; 8; 9

Topics Soil degradation Environmental management Environmental influences Sustainable development Asia Australia Water cycle Water resources Human settlements Climate change Natural heritage Food availability Human impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Sense of place
Learning area
  • Geography
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
  • Organization: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
  • Address: ACT, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.mdba.gov.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
  • Organization: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: ACT, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.mdba.gov.au/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Online
  • Text
Rights
  • © Murray–Darling Basin Authority 2015. This material is licensed under a Creative Commons BY 3.0 Australia license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en