ACHASSI053

Locate and collect information and data from different sources, including observations

Elaborations

• locating sources suited to learning about the past (for example, photographs, interviews, newspapers, stories and maps, including those online) (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• collecting information in the field (for example, taking photographs, making sketches, taking water measurements or collecting natural objects to support the investigation of eocological health, settlement or demographic details of a place) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• collecting data from maps, aerial photographs, satellite images or a digital application (for example, Google Earth) to identify, locate and describe different types of settlement (Skills: Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• collecting information about the changing composition of their community from sources, such as census data, cemetery observations, interviews with older people or surveys (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding)
• interviewing people to seek information about feelings, preferences, perspectives and actions (for example, to find out how people feel about places; how people celebrate and commemorate; how decisions are made in different situations; how and why people participate in their community) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
• acquiring geographical information from schools in geographically contrasting parts of Australia and/or neighbouring countries (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking)

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