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Mathematics of bushfire
Mathematics and traditional knowledge help us understand and manage bushfires, protecting people, communities, and the environment.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 9
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Measurement Statistics Number
- Topic
- Mathematical modelling Statistical investigations
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Numeracy progression
- Interpreting and representing data (P8)
- Publisher
University of Melbourne
- Copyright
© The University of Melbourne – Ngarrngga, 2026. Free-for-education.
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