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    • Maps >
      • Elements of a Map
      • Direction
      • Scale
      • Area and Grid Reference
      • Latitude and Longitude
      • Altitude
      • Area
      • Contour lines
      • Gradient
      • Local Relief
      • Sketch map
      • Choropleth
      • Synoptic charts
      • Topographic Maps
    • Graphs and statistics >
      • Population Profiles
      • Climate graphs
  • Stage 5
    • Maps >
      • Altitude
      • Area
      • Area and Grid Reference
      • Aspect
      • Bearings
      • Contour lines
      • Density
      • Direction
      • Gradient
      • Local Relief
      • Scale
  • Stage 6
    • Drawing a cross-section
    • Vertical Exaggeration
    • Sight lines
    • Transects
    • Ternary graphs
    • Logorithmic graphs
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Stage 4 Tools & Skills - new NSW syllabus

Maps:
  • Sketch map,
  • relief maps,
  • political maps,
  • topographic maps,
  • flowline maps,
  • choropleth maps,
  • isoline maps,
  • précis maps,
  • cartograms,
  • ​synoptic charts

​Maps to identify:

  • Direction
  • scale and distance,
  • area and grid references,
  • latitude and longitude,
  • altitude,
  • area,
  • contour lines,
  • gradient,
  • ​local relief 

Fieldwork:

  • observing,
  • measuring,
  • collecting 
  • recording data,
  • ​developing and conducting surveys and interviews

Fieldwork instruments such as :
  • weather instruments,
  • vegetation identification charts,
  • compasses,
  • GPS,
  • GIS 

Graphs and statistics

  • data tables
  • pie graphs
  • column graphs
  • compound column graphs
  • line graphs
  • climate graphs
  • population profiles
  • multiple tables and graphs presented on a geographical theme
  • statistics to find patterns and trends ​

Spatial technologies

  • virtual maps
  • satellite images
  • global positioning systems (GPS)
  • geographic information systems (GIS) 

Visual representations

  • photographs
  • aerial photographs
  • illustrations
  • flow charts
  • annotated diagrams
  • multimedia
  • field sketches
  • cartoons
  • web tools 

New NSW BOSTES Geography syllabus
L Swanson
  • Home
  • Stage 4
    • Maps >
      • Elements of a Map
      • Direction
      • Scale
      • Area and Grid Reference
      • Latitude and Longitude
      • Altitude
      • Area
      • Contour lines
      • Gradient
      • Local Relief
      • Sketch map
      • Choropleth
      • Synoptic charts
      • Topographic Maps
    • Graphs and statistics >
      • Population Profiles
      • Climate graphs
  • Stage 5
    • Maps >
      • Altitude
      • Area
      • Area and Grid Reference
      • Aspect
      • Bearings
      • Contour lines
      • Density
      • Direction
      • Gradient
      • Local Relief
      • Scale
  • Stage 6
    • Drawing a cross-section
    • Vertical Exaggeration
    • Sight lines
    • Transects
    • Ternary graphs
    • Logorithmic graphs
  • HSIE Teachers Home