Acknowledging and exploring First Nations Australians’ ways of communicating their understanding of the internal systems of organisms
Content description
Connecting the elaboration and content description
In this elaboration, students apply understanding of the conventions used in scientific drawing to identify parallels in representations made by First Nations Australians to communicate their understandings of the internal systems of organisms. Students also explore other ways First Nations Australians represent and communicate knowledges of internal features of animals.
Detail
This elaboration provides students with an opportunity to develop this Science inquiry practice while addressing intercultural science inquiry practices relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures within the context of the following content description(s) from the Science understanding and/or Science as a human endeavour strand(s).
Science, Year 8 | Science understanding – Biological sciences
AC9S8U02
Analyse the relationship between structure and function of cells, tissues and organs in a plant and an animal organ system and explain how these systems enable survival of the individual
A potential way to approach this content description is:
Students investigate published records that depict Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander material culture items that communicate information about the internal features of animals, for example, the circulatory, digestive, or reproductive systems as depicted in X-Ray paintings, sculptures, or head dresses. Students learn about the conventions used in scientific drawings and discover parallels in such representations made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.