Geogaction: AGTA Roadshow in Adelaide

Links to the PowerPoints for the AGTA Roadshows in Adelaide on 11 March, 2016.

* Geography introduction: Grant Kleeman

* Thinking Geographically: Malcolm McInerney

* Inquiry learning in geography: Grant Kleeman

* How can fieldwork bring geography alive: Susan Caldis

* Fieldwork handout: Susan Caldis

* Civics and Citizenship and Geography: Malcolm McInerney

* Primary Geography presentation: John Butler

* Teaching geography in the primary school: John Butler

* Literacy in geography: John Butler

* Mick Law's Spatial Educators Tool Kit resource

* Links to look at related to geography in Australia
Spatialworlds blog
GeogSpace website
ACARA website
ACARA Australian Curriculum portal
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website
GeogSplace (a teaching blog for Year 12 geography)
Geogaction
Spatialworlds website

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* GeogSpace: the resource from AGTA and Education Services Australia (ESA) to support the Australian Curriculum: Geography

* Spatialworlds blogspot: 350 postings on everything you wanted to know about geography but to afraid to ask!

*The fantastic Scoop.it resource with thousands of Internet sites related to geography in schools
* Geographical thinking Scoop.it
* Spatial literacy Scoop.it
* Spatial Education and technology Scoop.it
* Just real interesting Scoop.it
* GTAV Australian Curriculum Scoop.it on each year level

BBC physical geography site

CK site for physical geography.

GIS Zone: A great site to start using spatial technology.

Map Zone: An excellent basic mapping site

* Achievement Standards Chart and activities for Geography from DECD

The chart is at: http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/files/links/AchStnd_Geog_with_concept.docm

Assessment activities at:

http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/default.asp?navgrp=Leader

* ACARA Introduction on Australian Curriculum: Geography

* DECD Australian Curriculum: Geography resources worth a look!

DECD in South Australia has recently launched their "Making the Australian Curriculum work for us' resource to support the teaching and learning of the Australian Curriculum: Geography. The DECD site has a range of geographical bits and pieces referenced in this blog posting. They are certainly worth a look!

As you can see below the resource includes a creative animation, a Bringing it to Life (BitL tool) and broadsheets on the curriculum.

The Story of the learning areas animation. An excellent animation on 'What is Geography for'.