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Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and celestial objects
Students investigate how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples use the stars and moon to understand seasonal changes, and plant and animal behaviours, strengthening connections to Country.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 5
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Measurement Number Statistics
- Topic
- Mathematical modelling Statistical investigations
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Numeracy progression
- Positioning and locating (P5)
- Publisher
University of Melbourne
- Copyright
© The University of Melbourne – Ngarrngga, 2026. Free-for-education.
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