First Nations Ecology: Traditional Indigenous Ecology

First Nations Ecology: Traditional Indigenous Ecology

Lesson 6 of 8 in this unit

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  • Secondary
  • Year 10
  • Science
  • Human Endeavour
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
  • Social
  • Indigenous Education
  • ...

Lesson summary

Exploring First Nations peoples understanding of and adaptation to changing ecologies such as water ecology and fire management contributes to scientific knowledge and practices being adopted more broadly by society

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • recognise that changes in climate and ecology have been experienced, collated and communicated by First Nations peoples for millennia.

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • describe how First Nations knowledge of changing ecologies is being reaffirmed by, as well as contributing to, Western Scientific knowledge
  • define and communicate the multiple variables impacting water ecology in Central Australia
  • define and communicate the relationship between First Nations peoples fire-burning practices and the generation of carbon credits in contemporary Australia.

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Curriculum mapping

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions:

Science:

Students learn to:

  • Analyse the key factors that contribute to scientific knowledge and practices being adopted more broadly by society (AC9S10H03).

General capabilities: LiteracyEthical UnderstandingPersonal and Social Capability

Syllabus outcomes: SC5-15LW

Cross-curriculum priority: SustainabilityAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

Relevant parts of Year 10 achievement standards:
Students can analyse the key factors that influence interactions between science and society

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Skills

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

  • collaboration
  • critical thinking
  • prototyping
  • curiosity
  • adaptability
  • ethical understanding
  • empathy
  • intercultural understanding
  • creativity
  • communication
  • reflection

Additional info

Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that these lessons may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - facilitate class discussion; teach the tool of concept mapping.

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