Rutherford Technology High School: HSIE Faculty Program
KLA: History
Term: 1
Unit: 5A1 Investigating Australia’s Physical Environment
Stage: 5
Outcomes
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.10
Teacher: Mr Daly
Class: 9H & O
A student
Identifies, gathers and evaluates geographical information
Analyses, organises and synthesises geographical information
Selects and uses appropriate written, oral and graphic forms to communicate geographical information
Selects and applies appropriate geographical tools
Demonstrates a sense of place about Australian environments
Explains the geographical processes that form and transform Australian environments
Applies geographical knowledge, understanding and skills with knowledge of civics to demonstrate informed and active citizenship.
Focus
The unique characteristics of Australia’s physical environments and the responses of people to the challenges they present.
Assessment
For learning:
1. Quizzes
2. Homework/Worksheets Sheet
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Geography Focus Book 2
Global Explorations Book 2
Oxford Atlas (2010)
Geographical Tools
Of learning:
1. Formative in-class activities
2. Summative Assessment Task
Resources
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1. Maps
2. Photographs
Year 9 NAPLAN: Literacy activities
GeoActive Book 2
Heinemann Atlas 5th Edition (2010)
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Cross Curricula Content
ICT, Gender, Key Competencies, Literacy
Metalanguage
Latitude, longitude, continents, countries, drainage, basin, climate, weather, resources, vegetation, physical features, patterns, interrelationship, flora, fauna,
hazard, drought, cyclones.
Date
Learning content and strategies
Teaching content and strategies
Students learn about:
Student learn to:
Maps
 The use various types of maps and flow charts
 How to locate features using degrees and minutes of latitude and
longitude
 Calculation of the area of a feature
 Measurement bearings on a map
 Calculation local relief
Lesson Activities
Quality Teaching
Maps and Flow charts
PowerPoint and Drawing activity
Background Knowledge
Draw on personal and previous
knowledge
Longitude and Latitude
PowerPoint and Worksheet activity
Local Relief and Aspect
PowerPoint and activity
Engagement
Task connected to student’s world
and interests
Assessment
& Variation
Blake Greer
(Yellow)
Literacy
Class
Work
reworded
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Identification of the aspect of a slope
Construction of a cross-section
Calculation of the gradient of a slope
Construction a transect
Descriptions and explanations of relationships on a map
Synoptic charts
Photographs
Interpretation of satellite images
The Australian Continent
Australia’s geographical
dimensions:
Relative size and shape, Latitude
and longitude
The origins of the continent:
Aboriginal perspective,
Geographical perspective
Physical characteristics that
make Australia unique
Major landforms and drainage
basins
Patterns of:
Climate, Weather, Natural
resources, Vegetation
Unique flora and fauna
Natural hazards in Australia
including:
Bushfires, Droughts,
Earthquakes, Floods, Storms,
Tropical cyclones
Cross Sections and Gradient
PowerPoint and Worksheet activity
Synoptic Charts
PowerPoint and Worksheet activity
Higher Order Thinking Analysing,
synthesising, applying & evaluating
Compare Australia’s size and shape
with other continents and countries
Geographical Dimensions
PowerPoint and Worksheet
Metalanguage
Explicitly name and analyse
knowledge
Locate and recognise Australia on a
world map using latitude and
longitude
Origins of Continent: Indigenous
PowerPoint, Worksheet, Video
High expectations
Evidence of risk taking
Origins of Continent:
Geographical
PowerPoint, Worksheet, Animation
Explicit Quality Criteria
Expectations are made explicit
Explain the origins of the continent
from an Aboriginal and
geographical perspective
Identify and represent Australia’s
major physical features and patterns
on a variety of maps
Describe Australia’s major physical
features and patterns
Identify Australia’s major physical
features and patterns
Substantive Communication
Sustain conversations about
outcomes, concepts & ideas
Identify Australia’s major physical
features and patterns
Problematic knowledge
Multiple perspectives and solutions
Explain the interrelationships that
exist in the physical environment
Metalanguage
Explicitly name and analyse
knowledge
Explain the interrelationships that
exist in the physical environment of
Australia
Describe the range of natural hazards
in Australia
Explain adaptations of flora and
fauna to the Australian environment
Describe the consequences of natural
hazards in Australia
Describe the range of natural
hazards in Australia and their
consequences
Describe the geographical processes
associated with the natural hazard
At least ONE natural hazard
from the list
Describe the geographical
above:
The nature of the natural hazard in processes associated with the
Australia
natural hazard
Describe the economic impacts
Describe the environmental impacts
Describe the social impacts
The geographical processes
involved
Deep Knowledge
Draw on clear and concise
relationships between and among
concepts
Describe the economic,
environmental and social impacts
Investigate responses of individuals,
High expectations
Evidence of risk taking
Background Knowledge
Draw on personal and previous
knowledge
Deep Knowledge
Draw on clear and concise
relationships between and among
concepts
Higher Order Thinking
Analysing, synthesising, applying &
evaluating
The impacts of the natural hazard:
Economic, Environmental, Social
The responsibility and responses
of individuals, groups and various
levels of government to the
impact of the natural hazard
of the natural hazard in
Australia
Investigate responses of
individuals, community-based
groups and different levels
of government to the hazard
to the hazard
Investigate responses of communitybased groups to the hazard
Cultural Knowledge
Acknowledgement of a range of
cultural experiences
Investigate responses of different
levels of government to the hazard
Evaluation:
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Date: _______/_______/_______