Water in the world: Geographical skills

Focus

These resources focus on developing students’ competence and capability in applying geographical tools and skills. These tools include mapping, direction, scale, climate graphing and interpreting data. Geographical concepts such as scale, place, environment, change and interconnection are addressed. Students are given practical examples that relate to the Case Study of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley.

Inquiry questions

• How can I evaluate information sources for their reliability and usefulness?
• How can I represent data in a range of appropriate forms, with and without the use of digital and spatial technologies?
• How can I represent the spatial distribution of different types of geographical phenomena by constructing maps at different scales that conform to cartographic conventions, using spatial technologies as appropriate?
• How do I analyse geographical data and other information using qualitative and quantitative methods, and digital and spatial technologies as appropriate, to identify and propose explanations for spatial distributions, patterns and trends and infer relationships?
• How do I apply geographical concepts to draw conclusions based on the analysis of the data and information collected?