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Mathematics, moon phases, and tides
Explore how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples use knowledge of the Moon and tides to understand and care for Country.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 8
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Measurement Number Statistics
- Topic
- Mathematical modelling Statistical investigations
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Numeracy progression
- Interpreting and representing data (P7)
- Publisher
University of Melbourne
- Copyright
© The University of Melbourne – Ngarrngga, 2026. Free-for-education.
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