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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 5 Tools - new NSW syllabus

Maps:

  • relief maps,
  • political maps,
  • topographic maps,
  • choropleth mapsChoropleth,
  • flowline maps,
  • cadastral maps,
  • thematic maps,
  • isoline maps,
  • land use maps,
  • précis maps,
  • special-purpose maps,
  • cartograms,
  • synoptic charts
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Maps to identify:

  • direction,
  • scale and distance,
  • area and grid references,
  • degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude,
  • bearings,
  • aspect,
  • altitude,
  • area,
  • density,
  • contour lines,
  • gradient,
  • local relief 

Fieldwork:

  • observing, measuring, collecting and recording data,
  • ​developing and conducting surveys and interviews
Fieldwork instruments such as:
  • weather instruments,
  • vegetation identification charts,
  • compasses,
  • clinometers,
  • GPS,
  • GIS or remote sensing 

Graphs and statistics:

  • data tables
  • pie graphs
  • column graphs
  • compound column graphs
  • line graphs
  • scatter graphs
  • climate graphs
  • population profiles
  • multiple tables and graphs presented on a geographical theme
  • statistics to find patterns and trends; and to account for change 

Spatial technologies:
  • virtual maps
  • satellite images
  • global positioning systems (GPS)
  • geographic information systems (GIS)
  • remote sensing data
  • augmented reality 

Visual representations

photographs
• aerial photographs
• illustrations
• flow charts
• annotated diagrams
• multimedia
• field and photo sketches • cartoons
• mind maps
• web tools 


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  • 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