Collaborating with First Nations Australians communities to create a calendar as a representation of seasonal patterns and relationships using digital tools
Content description
Connecting the elaboration and content description
This elaboration provides students with an opportunity to collaborate with First Nations Australian communities to collect data, describe patterns and develop representations such as seasonal calendars relating to the local environment.
Detail
This elaboration provides students with an opportunity to develop this Science inquiry practice while addressing intercultural science inquiry practices relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures within the context of the following content description(s) from the Science understanding and/or Science as a human endeavour strand(s).
Science, Year 7 | Science understanding – Earth and space sciences
AC9S7U03
Model cyclic changes in the relative positions of the Earth, sun and moon and explain how these cycles cause eclipses and influence predictable phenomena on Earth, including seasons and tides
Science, Year 7 | Science as a human endeavour – Nature and development of science
AC9S7H02
Investigate how cultural perspectives and world views influence the development of scientific knowledge
A potential way to approach this content description is:
In collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and consulting traditional ecological knowledge classes can develop comprehensive seasonal calendars relating to the local environment with the aim to publish the calendar as a joint project.