Essential Question

How can movement be used to represent mathematical operations arising from First Nations stories?

Warning — First Nations teachers and students are advised that this curriculum resource may contain images, voices or names of deceased people.

Unit details

Y5–Y6 Maths, Dance & Drama
Lesson Time: 40 minutes
Lessons: 9
Duration: 5 weeks
Australian Curriculum
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority.

Unit overview

In this unit, students will:

  • learn about a First Nations method of counting called body tallying
  • earn to use their own bodies to count and solve mathematical operations
  • consider First Nations stories and artworks about mermaids
  • develop equations that represent stories
  • create performances and dances that represent equations and/or mathematical operations
  • use symbols to create basic algebraic equations.

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