Content descriptors:

Diversity and significance

• Types of natural vegetation and the significance of vegetation to the environment, the importance of environments to animals and people, and different views on how they can be protected; the use and management of natural resources and waste, and different views on how to do this sustainably (VCGGK082)

Place, space and interconnection

• Identify and describe the characteristics of places in different locations at a range of scales (VCGGC071)
• Identify and explain the interconnections within places and between places (VCGGC073)

Cross curriculum priority

Sustainability

• Students will come up with actions to protect local environments and promote long-term survival

Geographical concepts

Place:  Physical and human features of Sir William Fry reserve

Environment: The importance of wetlands and biodiversity

Interconnection: the relationship between people, land use and ecological systems

Sustainability: Practices that ensure the reserve supports life into the future

Geographical inquiry skills:

Collecting and recording data

• Students will take photos, make observations and record data they have found onsite

Interpreting and communicating

• Students will present their data and findings through annotating their photos, they will create diagrams and represent their findings through written work
• Students will pose actions individually and communicate ways to support sustainability

Geographical tools

Fieldwork (F)

Maps (M)

Visual representations (VR)

Digital technologies (DT)

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