Descriptors›Humanities and Social Sciences›Year 8›Skills›Interpreting and analysing geographical data and information›AC9HG8S03
AC9HG8S03 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HG8S03 | Year 8 Geography: Interpreting and analysing geographical data and information

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor interpret and analyse geographical data and information to identify similarities and differences, explain patterns and trends and infer relationships
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Skills
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Interpreting and analysing geographical data and information

This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 8 Geography. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration identifying similarities and differences from data and information; for example, comparing source and destination of international migration for Australia in 2 different time periods
  • • Elaboration explaining patterns and trends; for example, comparing compound graphs or census data for different time periods to identify patterns in urban concentration in Australia and the United States of America, or trends in international migration
  • • Elaboration inferring relationships from data and information collected during primary research; for example, using observations, field sketches, field measurements, questionnaires or interviews to explain the distribution of population in your local area and suggesting possible causes, effects and trends

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