Stage 5 skills
Maps
- use various types of maps and flow charts
- locate features using degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude
- calculate the area of a feature
- calculate the density of a feature
- measure bearings on a map
- calculate local relief
- identify the aspect of a slope
- construct a cross-section
- calculate the gradient of a slope
- construct a transect
- construct a land-use map
- describe and explain relationships on maps
- read and interpret synoptic charts
- distinguish between large-scale and small-scale maps
- locate features using degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude
- calculate the area of a feature
- calculate the density of a feature
- measure bearings on a map
- calculate local relief
- identify the aspect of a slope
- construct a cross-section
- calculate the gradient of a slope
- construct a transect
- construct a land-use map
- describe and explain relationships on maps
- read and interpret synoptic charts
- distinguish between large-scale and small-scale maps
Fieldwork
- develop a research action plan
- use fieldwork techniques to collect primary and secondary data
- use fieldwork techniques to collect primary and secondary data
Graphs and statistics
- construct and interpret population pyramids
- construct and interpret divided bar and column graphs, and composite line graphs
- recognise and account for change using statistical data
- construct and interpret divided bar and column graphs, and composite line graphs
- recognise and account for change using statistical data
Photographs
Stage 5 Tools - new NSW syllabus
Maps:
Maps to identify:
Fieldwork:
Graphs and statistics:
Spatial technologies:
Visual representations
photographs
• aerial photographs
• illustrations
• flow charts
• annotated diagrams
• multimedia
• field and photo sketches • cartoons
• mind maps
• web tools
- 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
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
- 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
