2 - Wonderful World
This unit explore the concepts of systems, evidence, patterns and relationships and ask questions such as what sources of evidence are there and what counts as evidence; how do we collect evidence fairly; how do we use evidence; how can we know when we know enough to make a judgement; how should we use evidence and expert opinion to make sustainable decisions about real places and issues?
This unit explore the concepts of systems, evidence, patterns and relationships and ask questions such as what sources of evidence are there and what counts as evidence; how do we collect evidence fairly; how do we use evidence; how can we know when we know enough to make a judgement; how should we use evidence and expert opinion to make sustainable decisions about real places and issues?
Image One - Taken By - Ellena Mart of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park
Key Concept
Key Concept
Systems (physical and human) - How do humans and the physical environment interact? Can they ever do it successfully?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Processes, patterns and trends - How are amazing places formed, located and impacted?
Global Context
Global Context
Orientation in Space and Time - What areas need thoughtful management and why? How are these areas formed throughout time and place?
Statement of Inquiry
Statement of Inquiry
To understand systems you need to understand the processes that cause change over time (trends) and variations over space (patterns).
Factual Questions: Remembering facts and topics
Factual Questions: Remembering facts and topics
- Where is your place?
- What is it like?
- How processes operate on it?
- How is it changing?
Conceptual Questions: Analysing big ideas
Conceptual Questions: Analysing big ideas
- How do we use social and physical systems to understand places over time and space?
- What is the difference between place and space?
- What are patterns in space?
- What are trends over time?
- What are systems and processes?
Debatable Questions: Evaluating perspectives and developing theories
Debatable Questions: Evaluating perspectives and developing theories
- Can we ever know enough about the places and the systems that create them to make good decisions?
Unit Outline and ATL sheets for Wonderful World
Unit Outline and ATL sheets for Wonderful World
