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Syllabus Bites: Traditional knowledge and sustainable ecosystems

Learning objects Syllabus Bites: Traditional knowledge and sustainable ecosystems

TLF ID M016350

This resource supports students to assess how the knowledge and cultural practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is being used to conserve and manage sustainable ecosystems and a sustainable future. Numerous short videos and links provide a rich variety of case studies. A task, including marking guidelines structures student research, sharing and thinking.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • Resource provides a task so year 9 or 10 Science students can use the links to research and share examples of ways that traditional knowledge and practices have been used to promote sustainable land management practices, hence addressing the Australian Curriculum cross curriculum priorities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures and Sustainability. Resource outlines a task that can be used to develop high order thinking as students are required to assess.
Year level

9; 10

Topics Land custodianship Creating texts Decision making Sustainable development Values (Psychology) Sampling bias Hydroplanes Data representation Reasoning Discussions (Texts) Evidence Evaluation Test validity Reliability Explanations (Scientific inquiry)
Learning area
  • Science

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Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre
  • Organization: NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre
  • Organization: NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of New South Wales, Department of Education and Communities, 2013.