| What does SPICESS stand for? | S SPACE
P PLACE
I INTERCONNECTION
C CHANGE
E ENVIRONMENT
S SCALE
S SUSTAINABILITY |
| What is space? | Everything has a location on the space that is the surface of the Earth. By studying the different locations, how places are spread across this space, and how it is organised and managed by people, helps us to understand why the world is like it is. |
| What is place? | The world is made up of many places. To understand our world we need to understand its places by how different they are, how they influence our lives and how we create and change them. |
| What is interconnection? | People and things and places are all connected. To understanding these connections we look at interactions and changes. |
| What is change? | The concept of change is about using time to better understand a place, an environment, a pattern or a geographical problem. |
| What is environment? | People live and depend on the environment, so it has an important influence on our lives. |
| What is scale | Scale allows us to look at an issue on different levels. We might look at a large scale, for example an issue that affects the whole world (international scale) or we might look at an issue that affects only a small group of people or an area (local scale). |
| What is sustainability? | Sustainability is about making sure we look after and respect the environment so it can support our lives and the lives of other living creatures now and in the future. |
| What is a biome? | a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra. |
| How did firestick farming change the biome/landscape of Australia? | Aboriginal peoples used firestick farming to change the land into useful patterns. |
| What benefits did firestick farming provide for First Nations people, prior to European settlement? | It ensured that grass, trees and scrubs flourished in the right balance. It also allowed them to know where the animals that came to those areas would be, so they could find them when hunting with ease. |
| Why were first nations peoples careful and strategic in where and when they burnt areas of land? | The Aboriginal People knew that the wilderness contained valuable ecosystems and habitats, so they were purposely left alone. They carefully utilized the fire to make the land abundant, predictable, and convenient. |
