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Stage 1 - HSIE - Geography
Program summary
Program summary
Topic
Topic
People care for Australia's water environments
People care for Australia's water environments
Outcomes
Outcomes
HS1-GEO-01 - describes ways people connect to and care for places, water environments and each other, using geographical information.
Content
Content
People care for Australia's water environments
Observe and describe natural and human features of Australian rivers, lakes, beaches and oceans by collecting and representing data.
Locate and describe freshwater and saltwater bodies in Australia.
Explain how people can use and care for water responsibly.
Learning tasks
Learning tasks
On the excursion, students will:
dipnet in Dragonfly Creek to collect and represent aquatic macroinvertebrate data.
use collected data to assess the health of Dragonfly Creek using the Water Pollution Index.
observe and describe the freshwater lagoon environment by creating a sound map, field sketch and vocabulary bank.
investigate and model how the shape of the land affects the flow of water.
participate in an interactive 'catchment story' and demonstrate an understanding of how they can care for the water in their catchment area.
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