Bush Botanists

Learning Areas

English | Science | Visual Arts | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages

In this unit

In this project-based unit, students will learn how First Nations peoples have maintained and passed down cultural knowledge about traditional foods, medicine and tools for successive generations. Students will then share their learning by creating plant posters, prints, or T-shirts, that brings bush tucker knowledge to life.

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Video

Unit

Cultural Protocols

Learning Areas

Science Years 5, 6 and 7

AC9S5U01
Examine how particular structural features and behaviours of living things enable their survival in specific habitats
AC9S5H02
Investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions
AC9S5I06
Write and create texts to communicate ideas and findings for specific purposes and audiences, including selection of language features, using digital tools as appropriate
AC9S6H02
Investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions
AC9S6I01
Pose investigable questions to identify patterns and test relationships and make reasoned predictions
AC9S6U01
Investigate the physical conditions of a habitat and analyse how the growth and survival of living things is affected by changing physical conditions
AC9S7U01
Investigate the role of classification in ordering and organising the diversity of life on Earth and use and develop classification tools including dichotomous keys
AC9S7H02
Investigate how cultural perspectives and world views influence the development of scientific knowledge
AC9S7H04
Explore the role of science communication in informing individual viewpoints and community policies and regulations
AC9S7I04
Select and construct appropriate representations, including tables, graphs, models and mathematical relationships, to organise and process data and information
AC9S7I08
Write and create texts to communicate ideas, findings and arguments for specific purposes and audiences, including selection of appropriate language and text features, using digital tools as appropriate

English Year 7

AC9E7LE01
Identify and explore ideas, points of view, characters, events and/or issues in literary texts, drawn from historical, social and/or cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
AC9E7LY06
Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, selecting subject matter, and using text structures, language features, literary devices and visual features as appropriate to convey information, ideas and opinions in ways that may be imaginative, reflective, informative, persuasive and/or analytical

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Year 5

Visual Art Years 5, 6, 7 and 8

AC9AVA6E01
Explore ways that visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials are combined to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in visual arts across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts
AC9AVA6E02
Explore ways that First Nations Australians use visual arts to continue and revitalise cultures
AC9AVA6C01
Use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to plan and create artworks that communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
AC9AVA6P01
Select and present documentation of visual arts practice, and display artworks in informal and/or formal settings
AC9AVA8P01
Curate and present examples of their visual arts practice to accompany exhibits of their artworks to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning to audiences

Cross Curriculum Priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

Country/Place

A_TSICP1
First Nations communities of Australia maintain a deep connection to, and responsibility for, Country/Place and have holistic values and belief systems that are connected to the land, sea, sky and waterways.
A_TSICP2
The occupation and colonisation of Australia by the British, under the now overturned doctrine of terra nullius, were experienced by First Nations Australians as an invasion that denied their occupation of, and connection to, Country/Place.
A_TSICP3
The First Peoples of Australia are the Traditional Owners of Country/Place, protected in Australian Law by the Native Title Act 1993 which recognises pre-existing sovereignty, continuing systems of law and customs, and connection to Country/Place. This recognised legal right provides for economic sustainability and a voice into the development and management of Country/Place.

Culture

A_TSIC1
First Nations Australian societies are diverse and have distinct cultural expressions such as language, customs and beliefs. As First Nations Peoples of Australia, they have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural expressions, while also maintaining the right to control, protect and develop culture as First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property.
A_TSIC2
First Nations Australians’ ways of life reflect unique ways of being, knowing, thinking and doing.
A_TSIC3
The First Peoples of Australia (Aboriginal Peoples) belong to the world’s oldest continuous cultures. First Nations Australians demonstrate resilience in the maintenance, practice and revitalisation of culture despite the many historic and enduring impacts of colonisation, and continue to celebrate and share the past, present and future manifestations of their cultures.

People

A_TSIP2
First Nations Australians have sophisticated political, economic and social organisation systems, which include family and kinship structures, laws, traditions, customs, land tenure systems, and protocols for strong governance and authority.
A_TSIP3
The significant and ongoing contributions of First Nations Australians and their histories and cultures are acknowledged locally, nationally and globally.

Sustainability

Systems

World Views

Design

SD1
Sustainably designed products, environments and services aim to minimise the impact on or restore the quality and diversity of environmental, social and economic systems.
SD2
Creative and innovative design is integral to the identification of new ways of sustainable living.
SD3
Sustainable design requires an awareness of place, past practices, research and technological developments, and balanced judgements based on projected environmental, social and economic impacts.

The Meaning of Welcome

Year levels: 7-8 3 lessons

Students explore the meaning and contemporary significance of a ‘Welcome to Country’ and an ‘Acknowledgement of Country’.

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Stories That Shape Us

Year levels: 10 3 lessons

Students will watch several films which reveal both the harsh realities of exclusion and the resilience and joy found in family and community. Students will consider how these stories help us understand the impact of racism on identity and belonging, and why truth-telling is so important. Through yarning circles and visual mapping activities, students examine these themes before researching and gathering their own local stories from family histories, community accounts or national movements such as the Freedom Rides. These stories are then transformed into creative works such as biographies, poems, portraits or collages, which are brought together as a class story collection that honours resilience, identity and community voice.

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Hidden Histories: Forced Adoptions and the Stolen Generations

Year levels: 9-10 2 lessons

Students investigate how harmful government policies shaped child removal, including forced adoptions and institutional care. They’ll learn how these decisions still impact families, community, culture and identity today. Students will watch survivor films, explore living-memory sources, yarn, take shared notes, and draft written responses.

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This unit includes:

Video

Video

Unit

Cultural Protocols

Learning Areas

Science Years 5, 6 and 7

English Year 7

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Year 5

Visual Art Years 5, 6, 7 and 8

Cross Curriculum Priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

Country/Place

Culture

People

Sustainability

Systems

World Views

Design

Unit Content

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Years 5-7

English

Science

Visual Arts

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages

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Bush Botanists

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In this unit

This unit includes:

Video

Video

Unit

Cultural Protocols

Learning Areas

Science Years 5, 6 and 7

English Year 7

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Year 5

Visual Art Years 5, 6, 7 and 8

Cross Curriculum Priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

Country/Place

Culture

People

Sustainability

Systems

World Views

Design

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Dunghutti Community

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