What Are Places Like?

This unit is based on the Year 1 Australian Curriculum HASS Inquiry Skills, Knowledge and Understandings.

Students explore Australia on a local and global scale, looking at Australia’s location on the globe, the oceans surrounding Australia, special places in Australia and identify Australian states and territories.

Students investigate natural, managed and constructed features within the community.

Students compare weather in two local areas, and they explore daily and seasonal weather.

Students explore local habitats, determining if they look healthy or unhealthy. They discuss how to care for local habitats, learning how and why it is important to keep these areas healthy.

9 x 1 hour lessons

Cross curriculum

20x resources/worksheets

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Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum - (QLD/SA/WA/NT/TAS/ACT)

ACHASSI019

Collect data and information from observations and identify information and data from sources provided

ACHASSI020

Sort and record information and data, including location, in tables and on plans and labelled maps

ACHASSI022

Explore a point of view

ACHASSI024

Interpret data and information displayed in pictures and texts and on maps

ACHASSI025

Draw simple conclusions based on discussions, observations and information displayed in pictures and texts and on maps

ACHASSI026

Reflect on learning to propose how to care for places and sites that are important or significant

ACHASSK031

The natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location, how they change and how they can be cared for

ACHASSK032

The weather and seasons of places and the ways in which different cultural groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, describe them

ACHASSK033

Activities in the local place and reasons for their location

NSW

HT1-4

Demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication

GE1-3

Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry

GE1-1

Describes features of places and the connections people have with places

GE1-2

Identifies ways in which people interact with and care for places

VIC

VCGGC060

Collect and record geographical data and information from the field and other sources

VCGGC061

Represent data and the location of places and their features by constructing tables, plans and labelled maps

VCGGC062

Interpret data and information to draw conclusions and describe the direction and location of places, using terms such as north, south, opposite, near, far

VCGGK068

Natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location and how they change

VCGGK067

Weather and seasons and the ways in which different cultural groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, describe them

VCGGK070

Activities in the local place and reasons for their location, and the influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places

Overview

Students will:

Investigate Australia and where it is located.
Explore Australian cities.
Investigate some special places in Australia.
Explore natural, managed and constructed features in the community.
Understand caring for and maintaining habitats.
Investigate types of weather and how this differs between locations.

Learning Intention

We are learning to recognise natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location, how they change and how they can be cared for.
We are learning to understand the weather and seasons of places and the ways in which different cultural groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, describe them.
We are learning to identify activities in our local place on a map, e.g. medical, police, waste management, and suggesting the reasons for their location.