Essential Question

How do First Nations Peoples apply scientific knowledges of materials with reversible and irreversible processes?

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Unit details

Y6 Science & Design and Technologies
Lesson Time: 40 minutes
Lessons: 4
Duration: 2 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:

  • explore the ways First Nations Peoples have long used local materials (plants, rocks, clays) to design tools, art and technology 
  • investigate the properties of materials and identify whether changes are reversible or irreversible through culturally informed examples, a hands-on experiment and design task.

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