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WS03 - Severe weather

Humanities and Social Sciences, HASS F–6, Year 5

By the end of Year 5, students explain the causes of the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800. They explain the roles of significant individuals or groups in the development of an Australian colony and the impact of those developments. They explain the influence of people on the characteristics of places and in the management of spaces. Students explain the key values and features of Australia’s democracy and how people achieve civic goals. They explain the nature of resources, and how they meet needs and wants.

 

Students develop questions and locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources. They evaluate sources to determine origin and perspectives. Students evaluate information and data to identify and describe patterns or trends. They suggest conclusions based on evidence. Students consider criteria in proposing actions or responses. Students select ideas and findings from sources and use relevant terms and conventions, to present descriptions and explanations.

Knowledge and understanding | Geography

AC9HS5K04

the influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place

Knowledge and understanding | Geography

AC9HS5K05

the management of Australian environments, including managing severe weather events such as bushfires, floods, droughts or cyclones, and their consequences

Skills | Questioning and researching

AC9HS5S02

locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats

Skills | Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

AC9HS5S03

evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships

Skills | Concluding and decision-making

AC9HS5S05

develop evidence-based conclusions

Skills | Concluding and decision-making

AC9HS5S06

propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects

Skills | Communicating

AC9HS5S07

present descriptions and explanations, drawing ideas, findings and viewpoints from sources, and using relevant terms and conventions

Annotations

 

1. Collects and evaluates information to explain how damming a river alters the topography of the riverbank in order to make people safe.

 

2. Evaluates information to explain how considering features of the natural topography when constructing buildings can keep buildings safe during flood events.

 

3. Collects and evaluates information from primary sources, in the form of images, to describe how people have altered the characteristics of a place to provide health, recreational and safety benefits.

4. Collects and evaluates information from primary sources, in the form of images, to explain the impact of severe weather on a built environment due to flooding.

 

5. Collects and evaluates information to explain how people have built a stronger walkway to resist future flooding.

6. Collects and evaluates data from a graph to identify the dates of peak floods and the mitigation measures implemented to reduce flooding and its impacts. (See also annotation 7.)

7. Collects and evaluates data from a graph to identify the dates of peak floods and the mitigation measures implemented to reduce flooding and its impacts. (See also annotation 6.)

 

8. Collects and evaluates data from a graph to determine the downward trend of flood heights and uses relevant terms such as “trend” and “descending” to explain this trend.

 

9. Draws the conclusion and explains that flood heights have reduced due to the measures people have taken since the 1841 floods.

10. Considers positive and negative criteria when describing the social, environmental and economic benefits and costs of river dredging.

 

11. Considers positive and negative criteria when describing the social, environmental and economic benefits and costs of damming a river.

12. Evaluates information and data to explain their conclusion that dredging is preferable to damming a river.

 

13. Evaluates the positives and negatives of dredging and damming to explain why they chose the option with more positives.