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Introduction

The Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute aims to promote the concept of spatial literacy and the professions associated with spatial technologies. We are active in promoting our professions as well as promoting the technologies and skills that underpin much of what our members do. We feel strongly that students should get as many opportunities as possible to be exposed to teaching about spatial literacy and teaching with spatial technologies; this resource has been developed as a first step for those teachers who wish to do just that.

This resource has been developed in such a way that teachers can use the entire resource with their students or they can select the part(s) that suit their particular work programs and use those modules. The resource is divided into three distinct parts:

Part One

This section of the resource will allow students to explore some of the changes in Queensland over the past 150 years. Students will look at some state-wide economic data, explore Queensland’s society over the years, compare and contrast changes in the environment across the state as well as their own backyard and look at the historic changes in some key locations around Queensland. There is information for the teacher in each section here as well as instructions that have been written for the student. These instructions can be printed off or provided digitally for the class as required.

Part Two

Here students will review some of Queensland’s top 150 icons and decide on the 15 that they think embody the state of Queensland for themselves. They will then use Google Maps to create an interactive map of their icons that contain some information on each one. Students then justify the selections that they made.

Part Three

Finally students will make some predictions about the future of Queensland in this section of the resource. By reviewing and considering the information that they have been exposed to so far, as well as the information that they have generated themselves, students will predict the future of key aspects of Queensland.

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