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Students learn how First Nations peoples used tools, weapons and everyday items for cooking and many other practices!
This unit provides students with the opportunity to develop an understanding of the history and principles of aerodynamics and how to apply these when generating, modifying or communicating designed solutions. Explore how First Nations perspectives influence the development of scientific knowledge with a close look at some of David Unaipin’s inventions!
This unit provides students with the opportunity to develop an understanding of how different types of rocks are formed, how they have been used by First Nations Peoples traditionally and in engineering today. Create a sedimentary rock slice to eat with the class or at home!
In this lesson students reflect on their own understanding of spirituality and compare with others. Students will reflect on how Adnyamathanha spirituality is demonstrated in the story, Yurlu: The Kingfisher Man and how many features of the story play a spiritual role for the Adnyamathanha people. Students explore disruptions to traditional practices and ways of life and the effects these have on the Adnyamathanha people.
Using Google Earth and maps, students will investigate their own local catchments and bodies of water to identify the waterflow of these systems. They will identify a local animal or plant species that relies on this water source for their survival.
Students will investigate the Western understanding of the formation of either Wilpena Pound (Ilkura) or Parachilna and Branchina Gorges and the geological explanation of the formation of coal. They will learn about Adnyamathanha’s explanation of the formation of Country and creation of coal and the different names given to features of Country and what they reflect.
Students will develop an understanding of First Nations people’s spiritual connection to water. They will explore how Woonyoomboo formed landscapes, particularly waterways, and investigate the Western explanation of how rivers are formed. Students will examine the geomorphic processes, the flow of water through landscapes, and the way water connects landscapes and people. Students compare ways of mapping Country.
Students examine the impact of animal production on society and explore the ethical, environmental, economic and social factors associated with these industries.
Students explore narrative through First Nations Creation stories. They learn that all good stories have a beginning, middle and end.
Students explore narrative through First Nations Creation stories and identify the features of different text types. They practise storytelling through performance and play.
