AC9HG10K04 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HG10K04 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Environmental change and management

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Environmental change and management

This Content Descriptor from Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

causes and effects of a change in an identified environment at a local, national or global scale, and strategies to manage sustainability

Elaborations

• identifying a context to be studied, describing the causes of the environmental change and impacts for the sustainability of its functions (resource, service or spiritual)
• recognising and discussing the influence of people’s world views on how management strategies are developed and implemented
• proposing strategies to manage the effects of environmental change; for example, environmental strategies – establishing marine reserves, national parks, World Heritage Sites or ecosystem-based management; spatial strategies – corridors to preserve flora and fauna or urban planning to reduce energy consumption; holistic thinking – addressing past and present causes of environmental change
• comparing management strategies in Australia with strategies in another country for human-induced environmental change, using criteria; for example, managing waste in Australia compared with India’s rubbish pickers or managing floods in Australia compared to floods in China
• explaining how Traditional Owners, communities, developers, governments and non-government organisations use environmental, economic and social criteria, and consider trade-offs when making decisions

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 10 ASHASGEOY10

Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students explain how the interactions of people and environmental processes at different scales change the characteristics of places. They explain the effects of human activity on environments, and the effect of environments on human activity, over time. They evaluate the implications of a distribution. They evaluate the extent of interconnections occurring between people and places and environments. They analyse changes that result from these interconnections and their consequences. Students evaluate strategies to address a geographical phenomenon or challenge using environmental, social and economic criteria. Students develop a range of relevant questions about a geographical phenomenon or challenge. They collect, represent and compare relevant and reliable geographical data and information by using a range of primary research methods and secondary research materials, using appropriate formats. They interpret and analyse data and information to make generalisations and predictions, explain significant patterns and trends, and infer relationships. They draw evidence-based conclusions, based on relevant data and information, about the impact of the geographical phenomenon or challenge. They develop and evaluate strategies using criteria, recommend a strategy and explain the predicted impacts. Students use geographical knowledge, concepts, terms and digital tools as appropriate to develop descriptions, explanations and responses that synthesise research findings.