Rainfall and Cool Burns in the Tropical Savanna

Rainfall and Cool Burns in the Tropical Savanna

Lesson 8 of 8 in this unit

  • Cool+
  • Secondary
  • Year 8
  • Mathematics
  • Algebra
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
  • Environmental
  • Land Management
  • Social
  • Indigenous Education
  • ...

Lesson summary

Students explore how indigenous land management practices are influenced by the country they are operating on.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • understand how indigenous land management practices are influenced by the country they are operating on. 

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • graph data from a table
  • interpret this data within context
  • make recommendations based on this data.

Partner acknowledgement

Cool.org would like to acknowledge the support of the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd (NAILSMA) in creating these resources.

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Curriculum mapping

Syllabus Outcomes: AC9M8A03

Cross Curriculum Priority: SustainabilityAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

Relevant parts of Year 8 achievement standards: Students graph linear relations and solve linear equations with rational solutions and one-variable inequalities, graphically and algebraically.

Resources required

  • Device capable of presenting a website to the class.
  • Student Worksheet - one copy per student.

Skills

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

  • communication
  • critical thinking
  • cultural understanding

Additional info

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - Explain new concepts explicitly, support students in independent work. 

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

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