Planning to teach geography K–10

Diagram of geographical concepts of scale, sustainability, change, environment, interconnection, place, space.

Place: identifiable parts of Earth’s surface

Space: the organisation, patterns and distribution of places

Environment: total surroundings and relevant natural and human processes

Interconnection: the links between people and environments

Scale: the levels at which geographical phenomena are examined

Sustainability: the capacity of the environment to continue to support life

Change: developments and variations over time.