Aboriginal perspectives in Science 7-12

Welcome to the "Aboriginal perspectives" in Science page

The Science Years 7-10 Syllabus provides opportunities to develop understanding of some aspects of Indigenous culture. The syllabus also provides opportunities in teaching and learning programs for the inclusion of Indigenous contexts relevant to areas such as ecology, the environment, and astronomy.

NEW RESOURCES

Living Knowledge

The Living Knowledge website was developed as part of an Australian Research Council (ARC) project: Indigenous knowledge and Western science pedagogy: a comparative approach. One of the project aims was to determine the most effective ways of incorporating Aboriginal and Indigenous knowledge within the NSW secondary school science curricula.

The website features a case study on Indigenous knowledge and includes online resources for teachers, students, researchers & interested others.
Further support materials for schools incorporating an Aboriginal community perspective in Years 7–10 Science have been developed as part of the NSW Department of Education 'Science in Context' contribution to this project.

Ideas for using the Living Knowledge website with students.

Documents available for download
Seasons in the Sun excursion		Survival in the Macleay journal
Survival at Crescent Head workbook		Survival in the Macleay program
Survival in the Macleay workbook		Teacher Handbook Survival Macleay
KHS_EdwinaRing_yr8_2005

Making String

An ethnobotanical learning journey on the south coast of NSW.
This article uses the cultural practice of string making to explore the thinking and decision making processes that take place within such practices and the relationships to western science understandings.