Year 4 Geography Assessment Task

Inquiry Question:
How does Cape Hillsborough support the lives of people, especially the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people and other living things?
Assessment outline:
Working in pairs or a group of 3 you will create an informative essay style in one of the following
platforms to answer the inquiry question
- Poster
- PowerPoint
- Webpage
- Brochure
What needs to be included in the Assessment Task: (Tick off as you go)

Information about Cape Hillsborough

Cape Hillsborough in the present (consider facts and opinions)

- What is it used for?
- Who inhabits the land?
- What species are there?
- Pictures

Cape Hillsborough in the past (consider facts and opinions)

- What was it used for?
- Who inhabited the land?
- What species lived there?
- Pictures

Maps (All maps need to be labelled correctly using BOLTSS)

- National Map
- Local Map – mark out important features that will inform your data (eg. Wetlands, location of
trees etc)
- What can you tell us about the area and environment of Cape Hillsborough that you have
marked on your maps?
- Location nationally
- Location locally (make sure you use geographical language N,S,E,W etc)
- Types of flora and fauna
- Land formation etc.

Data
- Tabular data from field trip to show flora, fauna and its uses
- Tabular data to be shown as column and pie graphs (all graphs to include TAILS)
- What does the data tell us? - include 3 facts to outline the data from the graphs

Conclusive paragraph that outlines the inquiry question and includes the following:
- The importance of Cape Hillsborough to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- The importance of Cape Hillsborough’s environment to people today
- The importance of Cape Hillsborough to the flora and fauna that live there
- Your conclusion of the importance of Cape Hillsborough and what it means to you and how it
supports the environment that you live in today.
Present your informative essay in your chosen platform to your classmates on what you have
learnt and discovered about the inquiry question.
You will need to submit your Field Trip booklets with the assessment item