Teach the Year 7 Geography topic of Place and Liveability with our highly engaging, ready-to-use unit of work Map My Neighbourhood.
All our units of work are aligned with the Australian Curriculum V8 and will be updated to V9 in due course.
$139.00
The way people perceive the liveability of an area is heavily influenced by the quality of public spaces – places where individuals connect with each other and the wider community. These include streets, public transport hubs, shopping centres, schools, cultural and religious institutions, parks, sports facilities, and other communal areas.
The liveability of a location directly affects those who live, work, or visit there. Students will explore the various factors that contribute to the overall liveability of their neighbourhood, including social, economic, environmental, cultural, and infrastructural elements.
KEY INQUIRY QUESTIONS
• What does ‘liveability’ mean and how do we go about making places liveable?
• What criteria makes your neighbourhood ‘liveable’?
• What effect does the distribution of resources and services have on the people in your community?
• What approaches can be used to improve the availability of resources and access to services?
• How does people’s reliance on places and environments influence their perception of them?
LEARNING INTENTION
This unit of work offers engaging geospatial learning experiences for Year 7 Geography, focusing on the concepts of place and liveability. Through a series of hands-on activities, students explore and deepen their understanding of these ideas using accessible geospatial tools like Epicollect5 and online mapping platforms eg GeoNadir and Google My Maps. The aim of this investigation is to explore your neighbourhood or suburb and use geospatial tools to create an interactive map of the community.
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