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This sample assessment is based on previous versions of the Australian Curriculum.
Investigating water scarcity
Description
Students:
- research water scarcity in a selected country of North Africa
- identify the extent and location of the problem of water scarcity
- analyse the causes and effects of water scarcity
- identify and analyse the current management strategies being implemented
- propose actions to improve water management in the selected country.
Written and multimodal: Research
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (includes cover page)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Assessment resource: Developing geographical inquiry skills
- Assessment resource: Framing a geographical inquiry - an example
- Assessment resource: Special purpose graph and map - an example
- Assessment resource: Using infographics
- Assessment resource: Graphic organisers
- Assessment resource: Cartographic conventions
- Student booklet
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