Geography / Levels 7 and 8 / Geographical Concepts and Skills / Data and information
Content description
Collect and record relevant geographical data and information from useful primary and secondary sources, using ethical protocols
Elaborations
gathering from a range of primary and digital sources, for example, from GIS layers, observation, annotated field sketches, surveys and interviews, or photographs, relevant data about the impacts of and responses to a hydrological hazard, or the factors influencing decisions people make about where to live
collecting geographical information from secondary sources, such as digital sources, thematic maps, weather maps, climate graphs, compound column graphs and population pyramids, reports, census data and the media
applying ethical research methods, including the use of protocols for consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
considering the usefulness of primary and secondary data by finding out when it was collected and for what purpose, and comparing this to the purpose of research
gathering relevant data about the ways to protect significant landscapes from a range of primary and digital sources, such as from observation, annotated field sketches, surveys and interviews, or photographs
Code
VCGGC102
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