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SAGeography

Geographical Skills and Fieldwork

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do geographers plan, conduct and report independent fieldwork to investigate a local geographical topic or issue?

Develop a fieldwork inquiry question, plan and apply appropriate primary data-collection techniques, and analyse and communicate findings in a fieldwork report.
How to plan and conduct independent SACE fieldwork: forming an inquiry question, choosing primary data-collection techniques, recording and analysing data, and communicating findings in the fieldwork report, with practical Australian examples.
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What are the seven geographical concepts, and how do students use them to frame and answer questions about a changing world?

Explain the seven geographical concepts and apply them to analyse places, patterns and processes across the topics and in fieldwork.
The seven geographical concepts (place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change) and how students apply them to frame questions, analyse patterns and structure answers across the SACE Stage 2 Geography topics and fieldwork.
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What geographical skills do students need to interpret maps, graphs, statistics and spatial data in the SACE Stage 2 Geography examination?

Interpret and apply geographical skills including map reading, graph and statistical interpretation, photograph analysis and spatial technologies to answer geographical questions.
The core geographical skills assessed in the SACE Stage 2 Geography e-exam: reading topographic maps, calculating grid references and distance, interpreting graphs and statistics, analysing photographs, and using spatial technologies, with worked techniques.
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How do geographers choose, construct and interpret graphs and statistics to represent and analyse geographical data accurately?

Select and construct appropriate graphs and statistical measures, and interpret data to identify and explain geographical patterns and relationships.
How to choose, construct and interpret the graphs and statistics used in SACE Stage 2 Geography, including population pyramids, choropleth maps, scatter graphs and measures such as the mean and percentage change, with worked technique.
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How do geographers interpret photographs, satellite images and spatial technologies to identify features, patterns and change over time?

Interpret ground, aerial and satellite imagery and spatial technology outputs to identify features, describe patterns and analyse change over time.
How to interpret ground-level, oblique and vertical aerial photographs, satellite images and spatial technology outputs in SACE Stage 2 Geography, identifying features, describing patterns and analysing change over time, with worked technique.
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