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AC9HG7K02: Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Water in the world
AC9HG7K02 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HG7K02 – 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

the location and distribution of water resources in Australia, their implications, and strategies to manage the sustainability of water

Elaborations

  • • representing the location of Australia’s water resources, such as surface water and groundwater
  • • describing the distribution of Australia’s water resources, and its implications for people; for example, limited access to water for people in rural and remote places and its implications
  • • identifying the causes of variability in water resources or water scarcity; for example, an absolute shortage of water (physical cause), inadequate development of water resources (economic cause), or the ways water is used (such as farming, industry, drinking, washing or watering)
  • • explaining the factors that contribute to variability in water resources or water scarcity; for example, location, climate, topography, seasonality or evaporation
  • • examining why water is a difficult resource for communities to manage and sustain; for example, because of its shared and competing uses, and variability of supply over time
  • • examining how a strategy may manage the sustainability of water resources; for example, recycling (“grey water”), stormwater harvesting and re-use, desalination, inter-regional transfer of water and trade in virtual water, and reducing water consumption

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.