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• VCGGC075

  Represent data and the location of places and their characteristics by constructing tables and simple graphs and maps of appropriate scale that conform to cartographic conventions of border, scale, legend, title and north point

  Elaborations

  • creating tables or picture and column graphs to show patterns in data collected from observations or other sources about the similarities and differences between places
  • using maps of vegetation for Australia, Africa and South America to compare the most common types of vegetation in each continents
  • making a plan of the classroom or home, using pictorial symbols
  • annotating a map to show selected natural and human characteristics of Australia, Africa or South America using the appropriate cartographic conventions including map symbols and north point
  • constructing maps to show the features of places, using basic cartographic conventions including map symbols and north point

  VCGGC075 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 3 and 4 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• VCGGK056

  Places used regularly in the community, their location, activities undertaken in this place and frequency of visits

  Elaborations

  • using pictures, symbols, labels to identify features or spaces in a significant place
  • beginning to use special, locational and directional vocabulary
  • investigating places, activities and frequency of visits
  • exploring places and reason for visiting different places in the community

  VCGGK056 | The Humanities | Geography | Level D | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGK021

  Moving to different places and recognising some features/places on the way

  Elaborations

  • experiencing transportation, places and activities being represented using word, gesture, Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) and/or image
  • responding to significant objects/ places on a journey, for example, truck, shopping centre
  • assisting to constructed a multimedia text to represent a place and the journey there

  VCGGK021 | The Humanities | Geography | Level B | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGC061

  Represent data and the location of places and their features by constructing tables, plans and labelled maps

  Elaborations

  • making a map to show how a bird would see a place (birds-eye view), using pictures or models of objects
  • completing a table to show the significant features or uses of different places
  • locating on an outline map the places they are connected to, or the places they visit for shopping, recreation, family, personal or other reasons
  • investigating how symbols are used to represent categories of objects and categorising drawings or images of environmental features of the local place into natural, managed and constructed features

  VCGGC061 | The Humanities | Geography | Foundation to Level 2 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• VCGGC076

  Interpret maps and other geographical data and information to develop identifications, descriptions, explanations and conclusions, using geographical terminology including simple grid references, compass direction and distance

  Elaborations

  • constructing tables or graphs to show the similarities and differences between places, and discussing possible reasons for them
  • discussing and comparing how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples may represent places and their features visually, for example, in paintings and sand drawings, and identifying the symbols and patterns used.
  • comparing a range of thematic maps, for example, maps of relief, climate, vegetation, animals and bird life to find relationships
  • using geographical terms to explain relationships, for example between the environment and sustaining life
  • describing the relative location of different features in a place by distance and compass direction. For example, from their home to the local waste management site

  VCGGC076 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 3 and 4 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information