Parts of My Planet

Assessment

Parts of My Planet Assessment

Content Descriptor Elaborations
The way the world is represented in geographic • Investigating the definition of a continent and the
divisions and the location of Australia in relation to seven-continent and six-continent models.
these divisions. (ACHASSK047)
• Using geographical tools (for example, a globe and
world map) or digital applications such as Google
Earth to locate and name the continents, oceans,
equator, North and South Poles, tropics and hemi-
spheres and then labelling an outline map.
• Describing the location of continents and oceans
relative to Australia, using terms such as north,
south, opposite, near and far.

Questions To Guide Assessment Work Samples To Support Assessment

• What is a continent?
• Can you name the seven continents of the world?
• Can you find the continents on a map?
• Can you name the five oceans of the world?
• Can you find the oceans on a map?
• Can you find the equator, hemispheres, tropics and
poles on a map?
• What’s the difference between a globe and a map?
• Can you name a continent near Australia?
• Can you name an ocean near Australia?
• Parts of my Planet Labelling Activity Sheet:
- Continents and Oceans
- Equator, Hemispheres, Tropics and Poles
• Parts of my Planet Australia’s Place in the World
• Parts of my Planet Reading Comprehension
Activities:
- Continents
- Oceans

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Name
Clearly and confidently
identify the continents,
oceans, equator, tropics,
hemispheres and poles on a
world map.

Clearly identify the

continents, oceans and one
other division of the Earth
on a world map.

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Identify all the continents
and oceans on a world map.

Identify more than half of

the continents and oceans
on a world map.

With support can identify

more than half of the
continents and oceans on a
world map.
Parts of My Planet Assessment
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Next Steps

Key focus children, Curriculum/planning direction

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