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GEOGRAPHY K–10 - STAGE 5 CHANGING PLACES
Outcomes: A student: explains processes and influences that form and transform places and environments (GE5-2) analyses the effect of interactions and connections between people, places and environments (GE5-3) assesses management strategies for places and environments for their sustainability (GE5-5) acquires and processes geographical information by selecting and using appropriate and relevant geographical tools for inquiry (GE5-7) communicates geographical information to a range of audiences using a variety of strategies (GE5-8) Related Life Skills outcomes: GELS-2, GELS-3, GELS-5, GELS-7, GELS-8
Key inquiry Questions Why has the world become more urbanised? How does migration impact on the concentration of people into urban places? How does urbanisation change environments and places? What strategies are used to manage environmental change in urban places to enhance sustainability?
Content Urban settlement patterns Students: investigate differences in urban settlement patterns between Australia and another country, for example: (ACHGK055) examination of urban settlements to determine patterns of concentration explanation of factors influencing urban concentration eg climate and topography, transportation networks, land use or perceptions of liveability assessment of the consequences of urban concentrations on the characteristics, liveability and sustainability of places Australia’s urban future Students: investigate the management and planning of Australia’s urban future, for example: (ACHGK059) description of Australia’s projected population growth discussion of the implication of population forecasts for the future growth and sustainability of urban places explanation of strategies used to create economically, socially and environmentally sustainable urban places proposal of ways for individuals and communities to contribute to a sustainable urban future


Stage 6 – Focus Area 8.3.2: Urban Places
Outcomes: H1 explains the changing nature, spatial patterns and interaction of ecosystems, urban places and economic activity H3 analyses contemporary urban dynamics and applies them in specific contexts H5 evaluates environmental management strategies in terms of ecological sustainability H6 evaluates the impacts of, and responses of people to, environmental change H12 explains geographical patterns, processes and future trends through appropriate case studies and illustrative examples H13 communicates complex geographical information, ideas and issues effectively, using appropriate written and/or oral, cartographic and graphic forms.
Students learn about: urban dynamics the urban dynamics of change: suburbanisation, exurbanisation, counter urbanisation, decentralisation, consolidation, urban decay, urban renewal, urban village, spatial exclusion case study showing one of the urban dynamics listed above, operating in a country town or suburb.
Students learn to use geographical skills and tools such as: describing patterns, linkages, networks and change, using maps of large cities and other urban areas constructing and interpreting choropleth maps synthesising and evaluating fieldwork data about the dynamics of change in a country town or suburb interpreting trends from logarithmic graphs