AC9HG7K01 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HG7K01 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: Water in the world

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Water in the world

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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

classification of environmental resources and the way that water connects and changes places as it moves through environments

Elaborations

• classifying resources into renewable, non-renewable and continuous resources, and identifying examples of each type
• explaining how the movement of water, such as groundwater, soil moisture (green water), surface water in dams, rivers and lakes (blue water), through the environment connects places and how water is a potential resource when it exists as salt water, ice or water vapour
• explaining the environmental, economic or social effects of water as it connects places; for example, the environmental effects of water diversion in the Snowy Mountains, the economic effects of irrigation in the Ord River or the social effects of the Mutitjulu Waterhole connecting Australian First Nations Peoples in Central Australia
• explaining how moving water changes places; for example, moving water causes soil and rock erosion or cuts valleys into mountains

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASHASGEOY7

Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 7, students describe how the characteristics of places are perceived and valued differently by people. They describe the importance of environments to people. They describe the features of a distribution. They explain the interconnections between people and places and environments, and describe how these interconnections change places or environments. Students describe a response or strategy to address a geographical challenge or phenomenon. Students develop questions about a geographical phenomenon or challenge.They collect, organise and represent relevant data and information, using primary research methods and secondary research materials. They identify similarities and differences, and describe patterns in data and information. They draw conclusions about the impact of the geographical phenomenon or challenge on people, places and environments. They develop a strategy for action. Students use geographical knowledge, concepts, terms and relevant findings from sources to create descriptions, explanations and responses.