VCGGC101
Identify, analyse and explain interconnections within places and between places and identify and explain changes resulting from these interconnections
Elaborations
-
describing how water is an available resource when it is groundwater, soil moisture (green water), and surface water in dams, rivers and lakes (blue water), and a potential resource when it exists as salt water, ice, water vapour or waste water, and using the concept of the water cycle to show the connections between the different forms
-
explaining how the movement of water through the environment connects places. For example, the melting of snow in spring feeding rivers and dams downstream
-
comparing student access to and use of places and spaces in their local area and evaluating how this affects perceptions of liveability
-
analysing the role of landforms and landscapes in tourism. For example, Uluru in Australia or the Grand Canyon in the USA
-
examining how urbanisation can affect environmental quality and analysing the effects of erosion and sedimentation produced by human activities on landscape quality
VCGGC101 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection