Planning, programming and assessing Geography 7–10 (2024)
Resources to help you plan, program and assess Geography in Years 7–10.
Resources on this page relate to the Geography 7–10 Syllabus (2024). Go to Planning, programming and assessing geography 7–10 (2015) for resources related to the Geography 7–10 Syllabus (2015).
Syllabus
The new Geography 7–10 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
- 2025 and 2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
- 2027 – Start teaching new syllabus.
Scope and sequences
Scope and sequences to support leaders and teachers in implementing the Geography 7–10 Syllabus (2024). They can be used as a basis for the teacher’s own program, assessment, or scope and sequence, or as an example of how the new curriculum could be implemented.
Stage 4
Stage 4 resources
Sample programs, teacher resource books, slide decks and assessment tasks.
These Stage 4 resources for the program 'Landscapes and landforms' have been developed to help teachers create learning that is contextualised to their classroom. They can be used as a basis for the teacher’s own program, assessment or scope and sequence. They can also be used as an example of how the new curriculum could be implemented.
- Program – Landscapes and landforms (DOCX 3.9 MB)
- Assessment – Landscapes and landforms (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Assessment support – Landscapes and landforms (DOCX 7 MB)
- Resource booklet – Landscapes and landforms (DOCX 12.7 MB)
- Slide deck – The world's dynamic landscapes (PPTX 14.1 MB)
- Slide deck – Features of mountain landforms (PPTX 7.1 MB)
- Slide deck – The human impact on landscapes and landforms (PPTX 3.7 MB)
- Slide deck – Overview of the value of landscapes (PPTX 4.8 MB)
- Slide deck – Australia's valuable landscapes (PPTX 583 KB)
- Slide deck – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' responsibility to Country (PPTX 635 KB)
These Stage 4 resources for the program 'Liveability of places' have been developed to assist teachers to create learning that is contextualised to their classroom. They can be used as a basis for the teacher’s own program, assessment, or scope and sequence, or be used as an example of how the new curriculum could be implemented.
- Sample program of learning – Liveability of places (DOCX 4.6 MB)
- Sample assessment task 2 – Liveability of places (DOCX 1.7 MB)
- Assessment task support – Liveability of places (DOCX 1.8 MB)
- Resource booklet – Liveability of places (DOCX 7.0 MB)
- Lesson 1 – dot maps - slide deck (PPTX 2.9 MB)
- Lesson 2 – area and grid reference – slide deck (PPTX 3.2 MB)
- Lesson 3 – large and small-scale maps – slide deck (PPTX 5.0 MB)
- Lesson 4 – ratios and scale – slide deck (PPTX 2.7 MB)
- Lesson 5 – population profiles – slide deck (PPTX 2.5 MB)
These Stage 4 resources for the program ‘Water in the world’ have been developed to assist teachers to create learning that is contextualised to their classroom. They can be used as a basis for the teacher’s own program, assessment, or scope and sequence, or be used as an example of how the new curriculum could be implemented.
- Program – Water in the world (DOCX 3.9 MB)
- Assessment – Water in the world (DOCX 3.5 MB)
- Assessment support – Water in the world (DOCX 5.7 MB)
- Resource booklet – Water in the world (DOCX 15.3 MB)
- Lesson 1 – Water in the world (PPTX 5.2 MB)
- Lesson 2 – Water in the world (PPTX 3.1 MB)
- Lesson 3 – Water in the world (PPTX 3.4 MB)
- Lesson 5 – Water in the world (PPTX 3.8 MB)
- Lesson 7 – Water in the world (PPTX 6 MB)
- Lesson 17 – Water in the world (PPTX 10.7 MB)
Stage 5 resources
Sample programs, teacher resource books, slide decks and assessment tasks.
These Stage 5 resources for the program 'Biomes and sustainable agriculture' have been developed to assist teachers to create learning that is contextualised to their classroom. They can be used as a basis for the teacher’s own program, assessment, or scope and sequence, or be used as an example of how the new curriculum could be implemented.
- Program – Biomes and sustainable agriculture (DOCX 4.2 MB)
- Assessment – Biomes and sustainable agriculture (DOCX 3.6 MB)
- Assessment support – Biomes and sustainable agriculture (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Resource booklet – Biomes and sustainable agriculture (DOCX 25.1 MB)
- Slide deck 1 – Biomes and sustainable agriculture (PPTX 1.3 MB)
- Slide deck 2 – Biomes and sustainable agriculture (PPTX 2.3 MB)
- Slide deck 3 – Biomes and sustainable agriculture (PPTX 3.3 MB)
- Slide deck 4 – Biomes and sustainable agriculture (PPTX 4.7 MB)
- Slide deck 5 – Biomes and sustainable agriculture (PPTX 14.3 MB).
These Stage 5 resources for the program ‘Changing places’ have been developed to assist teachers to create learning that is contextualised to their classroom. They can be used as a basis for the teacher’s own program, assessment, or scope and sequence, or be used as an example of how the new curriculum could be implemented.
- Program – Changing places (DOCX 3.90 MB)
- Resources – Changing places (DOCX 6.88 MB)
- Assessment – Changing places (DOCX 3.54 MB)
- Assessment support – Changing places (DOCX 3.56 MB)
- Slide deck – Population density (PPTX 3.22 MB)
- Slide deck – Population profiles (PPTX 2.89 MB)
- Slide deck – Choropleth maps (PPTX 4.29 MB)
- Slide deck – Fieldwork report (PPTX 2.6 MB)
- Slide deck – Spatial technologies (PPTX 6.68 MB)
Thinking and working geographically
Geographical skills and tools provides videos to support delivery of thinking and working geographically.
Teacher planning tools and guides
- Climate graphs (DOCX 1.5 MB)
- Climatic graph template (XLSX 57 KB)
- Direction and bearings (DOCX 1.8 MB)
- Field sketches (DOCX 1.8 MB)
- Guide to teaching mapping – latitude and longitude (DOCX 1.9 MB)
- Guide to using photographs in geography (DOCX 5.4 MB)
- Guide to teaching mapping – scale (DOCX 1.1 MB)
- Guide to teaching mapping – cross-sections (DOCX 5.4 MB)
- HSIE current practice evaluation (DOCX 3.1 MB)
- Mapping – area and distance (DOCX 3.5 MB)
- Mapping – area and grid reference (DOCX 1.1 MB)
- Mapping – topographic (DOCX 7.7 MB)
- Thinking and working geographically – fieldwork (DOCX 1 MB)
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