The quantity and variability of Australiaâs water resources compared with other continents
Elaborations
investigating the main causes of rainfall and applying their knowledge to explain the seasonal rainfall patterns in their own place and in a place with either significantly higher or lower rainfall (Skills: Literacy, Numeracy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
interpreting the spatial distribution of rainfall in Australia and comparing it with the distribution of that of other continents (Skills: Literacy, Numeracy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
using the concept of the water balance to compare the effects of rainfall, run-off and evaporation on the availability of water in Australia and other continents (Skills: Literacy, Numeracy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding)